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José de León y Echales

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(Redirected from José de León Echales) Spanish colonial governor For other people named José de León, see José de León (disambiguation).

José de León y Echales was the Spanish governor of Trinidad in 1699. He was killed by an arrow in the Arena Massacre, taking three days to die, his body was thrown into a river, where it was found by the Spanish.

Further reading

  • P J Buissink; Historical Society of Trinidad and Tobago, Documents relating to the massacre of the governor, Don José de Leon y Echales, other officials and missionaries at San Francisco de la Arena, by Indians, on 1st December, 1699., Trinidad and Tobago, A.L. Rhodes, 1938.

References

  1. History of the people of Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Williams, 1962
Preceded byFrancisco de Ménez Governor of Trinidad
1699 		Succeeded byFrancisco Ruíz de Aguirre
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