José Justo Milla Pineda (1794 in

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– 1838) was a Honduran military leader who was the governor of the state of Honduras within the

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from 10 May 1827 to 13 September 1827. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Honduras. He fled his office in 1827 after losing to

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in the Battle of La Trinidad. Justo Milla spent the remainder of his life in

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, where he died, never living to see the dissolution of the Central American Republic and the independence of Honduras.

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1794 births 1838 deaths People from Lempira Department Honduran military personnel Liberal Party of Honduras politicians 19th-century Honduran people Governors of Honduras Federal Republic of Central America {{Honduras-bio-stub