 Because Mosquera was very ill and frail, Caycedo assumed the executive power as acting president on August 2, 1830.Caycedo was deposed by the first coup d’état in the country, by the Venezuelan General Rafael Urdaneta on September 5, 1830.Months later, supported by the regrouped constitutional army, Caycedo proclaimed he was the legitimate president on April 11, 1831.