But in 1824, in the tumult of the Central American revolutions, the Recoletos were expelled from Nicaragua and emigrated to the order's monastery in Guatemala. Guatemala was one of the most important cultural centers of the colony, and there Reyes was able to complete his humanistic and religious training and break free of the restraints his plebeian origins imposed on him.
Pero en 1824 la anarquía se desató en Nicaragua; los Recoletos fueron expulsados y tuvieron que emigrar a Guatemala, uno de los centros culturales más importantes de la colonia, donde Reyes luego de una larga odisea burlando los cerrojos de clase impuestos a su origen plebeyo, finalizó su formación humanista y religiosa.