The leader of the group was Camilo Arce together with his wife doña Paula Borja and his brother Justo Arce, they invited to the venture the following couples Minda – Chalá, Arce – Minda, Arce – Arce, and also Prudencio de la Cruz and Antonio Pavón, among the main ones. Camilo Arce, a man full of noble feelings, could not admit that being free they should have to go on living in Cuajara. They wanted to live in a place of freedom and this could only be done by going into the wild mountain area of the basin of Mira, where the landowners did not cultivate the land. The former slaves arrived to Guallupe by way of El Pailón.