 However, his alignment with the liberals gained him enemies among the conservative-ruled government; the Consul of France, Eustache Juchereau de Saint-Denys, called him a prejudiced against France and an enemy of the whites.The Puello brothers were indicted on charges of instigating an anti-white revolution in the country and ingratitude to the white race; they were judged "in absentia".José Joaquín and Gabino were sentenced to death by the twenty-five-man jury and executed by a firing squad on 23 December 1847; Eusebio was sentenced to three years in prison and the loss of his military rank (Lieutenant Colonel), however, shortly after he was released and reinstated into the military.