Despite their initial successes, the pro-independence rebels were eventually crushed by the colonial authorities. Many - including the Miranda sisters - were arrested and imprisoned by the colonial government. Following her capture, Maria Miranda was imprisoned along with other rebels in the Fortaleza de San Fernando in Honduras, though she would later be transferred to a convent. The Spanish sentenced her public scourging, and she and her sister condemned to forced labor as servants in the household of a pro-Spanish priest. After several months, Spanish authorities returned her to El Salvador so that her sentence could be carried out. In early 1812 Maria Miranda and her sister were led into the central plaza of San Vicente and flogged 100 times each. Maria never recovered, and died shortly afterwards.
