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At the end of the battle five cadets – Juan Escutia (who reportedly leapt to his death wrapped in the Flag of Mexico), Agustin Melgar, Francisco Marquez, Fernando Montes de Oca, and Vicente Suárez – and faculty member Lieutenant Juan de la Barrera all refused to retreat and died in a final stand as the "young heroes" of Academy legend. An ...
Juan Escutia Olivares (15 December 1895 – 5 October 1933) was a Mexican sprinter. [2] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics . [ 3 ] He was killed after being hit by a train in 1933.
On September 8, 1847, Scott ordered William Worth to use his force of 3,250 men against the Molino del Rey building, approximately 1,000 yards from the castle itself. [2] This was known as the costly Battle of Molino del Rey , where U.S. forces had managed to drive the Mexicans from their positions near the base of Chapultepec Castle guarding ...
Juan Escutia was born between 1828 and 1832 in Tepic, now the capital of the state of Nayarit. Records show he was admitted to the academy as a cadet on 8 September 1847—five days before the fateful battle—but his other papers were lost during the assault.
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Juan García del Río. Juan García del Río (Cartagena de Indias, 1794 – Mexico City, 1856) was a Colombian diplomat, writer and politician. [1] He was Minister of Finance of Ecuador from 1832 to 1834. [2] He was Minister of Finance of Peru in 1836, 1836-1837, and 1837-1838, [3] also serving as its first ambassador to the United Kingdom in ...
Del Junco's father-in-law, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, is known as the first founder of a European settlement on the American east coast. Map by Diego Ribero, 1539. The conquest expeditions of Juan del Junco commenced in 1526, when he embarked on a ship leaving Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Statue of Juan Ríus Rivera in Mayagüez, PR. General Rius Rivera was soon active in the young nation's politics. Among the political positions which he held were: Member of the Assembly of Pinar del Río; Secretary of the President of the Republic; Civil Governor of Havana, named by General John E. Brooke [8]