Cangallo is a town in southern
Peru
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, capital of the province
Cangallo in the region
Ayacucho.
[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática]
Banco de Información Digital
, retrieved 9 January 2008
In the region of Cangallo live the
Morochuco mestizos.
Fight for independence at Cangallo 1814–1822
As a consequence of the discrimination of
natives and
mestizos in Perú, there were many executions of Peruvian indigenous leaders by the Spanish colonial authorities, the
viceroyalty. In the course of the many
rebellion
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A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...
s and
independence movements, the
Morochuco population of the Cangallo region declared
independence
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from colonial Spain in 1814. The Morochuco farmers then fought several battles in the region of Cangallo, among others at
Matará,
Rucumachay,
Atunguana and
Atuntoqto. The resistance against colonial troops went on until 1821.
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
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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.
After more attacks by Basilio Auqui's units, the resistance movement under Auqui came to an end by
betrayal in 1822, when the Spanish intendant Carratalá set out a
head money on Auqui. The traitor Quinto got the money, Auqui was captured, brought to
Ayacucho and executed by shooting on the Plaza de Santa Teresa in Ayacucho. There is a
monument
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of the
hero of Cangallo Morochuco resistance at the place he was shot.
Sources
* Prof. Juan Perlacios Campos: ''Historia''; Centro Preuniversitario de la Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga; Ayacucho, Perú
References
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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Populated places in the Ayacucho Region