 Colombia's liberal president, Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera (1798–1878), provided aid to Ecuadorian liberals, who wished to overthrow Garcia Moreno.In 1863, he also began to push for a recreation of Greater Colombia and demanded a meeting on the border with Garcia Moreno in which the details of such an arrangement were to be decided.When Garcia Moreno did not show up, Mosquera brought an army into the border region, prompting Garcia Moreno to send a force of 6,000 men force under his elderly father-in-law, General Juan José Flores (1800–1864).