Benito Juarez, to Don Antonio Ochoa, Oct. 16, 1866.

Chihuahua, Oct. 16, 1866.

Mr. A. Ochoa

My dear friend,

By your favor of the 6, I am informed that you received mine of the 29
of September and also of the good news that you send me concerning the state
of Sonora. I await with impatience for you to send me the same good news
concerning Sinaloa, since it is probable that the French who occupied the
port of Mazatlan have already retreated.

Today General Aranda must be in Zarco who is marching with his brigade
to Durango where I have appointed him Governor and Military commander.
Soon his operations on the capital of said state will begin.