Barranca de Yaco or Barranca Yaco (from the

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''barranca'' (

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) and the Quechua ''yaku'' (water)) is a geographical feature along the ancient ''camino real'' (''royal road'') of the

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, located between Villa Tulumba and Sinsacate, in the province of Córdoba,

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. The place is famous because General Juan Facundo Quiroga, Governor and ''

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'' of

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, was assassinated there by a party led by Santos Pérez, on 16 February 1835, during the

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. Santos Pérez along with the former Governor of Córdoba José Vicente Reynafé and two of his brothers were judged and hanged for this crime at

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in 1837. Since 2009 there is a memorial square that remembers Quiroga and those killed with him.''Inauguran asfalto y monumento en Barranca Yaco''
''La Voz'' newspaper, 14 February 2009

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Geography of Córdoba Province, Argentina {{CórdobaAR-geo-stub

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