Cangallo
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Cangallo is a town in southern
In the region of Cangallo live the Morochuco mestizos.
Fight for independence at Cangallo 1814–1822
As a consequence of the discrimination of
One of the Morochuco leaders became Basilio Auqui. He prepared a mud field in the plain of Seqchapampa so the Spanish cavalry would die in the mud trap which was successful on 21 November 1821 when Spanish cavalry was sent and a flight movement was simulated. As revenge for the defeat of the best colonial Spanish cavalry in the mud the Spanish intendant José Domingo Carratalá led the Cangallo attack by Spanish troops on 17 December 1821. Cangallo was razed and Spanish troops massacred the population shooting elder men, women and children.[citation needed]
After more attacks by Basilio Auqui's units, the resistance movement under Auqui came to an end by
Sources
- Prof. Juan Perlacios Campos: Historia; Centro Preuniversitario de la Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga; Ayacucho, Perú
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 23 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 January 2008
External links
- Morochuco hero Basilio Auqui of Cangallo – fight for independence (1814–1822) (Radio Sucre, Perú, detailed text in Spanish, with foto)
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