José Manuel Francisco Javier Espinosa y Espinosa (2 December 1815, Quito â 4 September 1870) was President of Ecuador, from 20 January 1868 to 19 January 1869. He was overthrown in a 1869 military coup carried out by Gabriel GarcÃÂa Moreno. Gabriel GarcÃÂa Moreno sought to prevent Juan Javier Espinosa from holding free elections.