Manuel de Portillo y Urrisola

Manuel de Portillo y Urrisola, also known as Manuel de Portillo y Urrizola, was a judge who served as the acting Spanish colonial governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México province (present day New Mexico) from 1760 to 1762, located in the northern Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México).

Manuel de Portillo y Urrizola
51st Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office
May 10, 1760 – 1762
Preceded byMateo Antonio de Mendoza
Succeeded byTomás Vélez Cachupín
Personal details
ProfessionJudge and governor of colonial New Mexico

Biography

Portillo y Urrizola served as a judge in New Mexico during a certain period of time. So, he worked as judge for Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle, another governor of New Mexico.[1]

Portillo y Urrizola was appointed Acting Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México on May 10, 1760,[2] replacing Mateo Antonio de Mendoza. In 1761, the Apaches violently attacked the Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico. To punish them for that, Portillo y Urrizola sent a military campaign against the Apaches, which ended with the murder of 400 people of this ethnicity.[3] Moreover, Urrisola repressed to a group of Comanches who were trading with Taos.[4]

Manuel de Portillo y Urrizola was replaced in 1762 by Tomás Vélez Cachupín as governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México province.

See also

References
  1. Casillas; García; Rojas; Eufracio (2012). HISTORIA NACIONAL (in Spanish: National History).
  2. New Mexico historical review (Volume 34) online. University of New Mexico.
  3. SFGateThe Hispanic Role in America: A chronology Archived 2007-03-29 at the Wayback Machine. Compiled by Dr. Juan Manuel Pérez. Hispanic Division. Library of Congress. Retrieved in Juny 15, 2014, ar 18:25.
  4. Mirafuentes Galván, José Luis (second edition, 1989). Movimientos de resistencia y rebeliones indígenas en el norte de Mexico (1680-1821) (in Spanish: Resistance movements and Indigenous rebellions in northern Mexico (1680-1821)), Volume 1. Page 98. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico.
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