José Tomás Boves

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José Tomás Boves (1782-1814), born in Oviedo, in Asturias, Spain, known for his cruelties during the wars of independence in Venezuela.

Renowned smuggler and local merchant, settling down in the Llanos in the Captaincy General of Venezuela.

Head of the llanos during revolutionary wars, in 1814 after successive attacks with a powerful cavalry army of llaneros, he defeated the republicans on La Puerta and forced them to flee to the east of the country, ending the Venezuelan Second Republic. He died at the battle of Urica.

Best biographical portrait of life in the novel "Boves El Urogallo" (1972) by Venezuelan Novelist Francisco H. Luque. Combining Historical facts with fictional scenes from the brilliant mind of this well-known writer

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