José María Bustillo (Argentina)
Argentine general and politician
José María Bustillo (October 18, 1816 – June 27, 1910) was an Argentine general and a politician.
Biography
His father was a militia officer who fought in the British invasions of the Río de la Plata. As a youth, he served as a judicial government official, working within the country as well as in Peru. Later on, he worked in mail services as an employee of administration during the Juan Manuel de Rosas government. In 1839, his brother José Manuel participated in the Ramón Maza conspiracy against the governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, for which he was persecuted by La Mazorca and arrested, together with his brother.
He fled to Montevideo, Uruguay, in the same ship as General Paz and joined Juan Lavalle's army in Entre Ríos. Participated in the Battle of Sauce Grande and went into the province of Corrientes with General Paz. He was also part of the 1842 campaign and fought in the Battle of Caaguazú, which gave power over to the unitarios. In the meantime, his brother José Manuel was killed in combat in the Battle of Quebracho Herrado.
He accompanied Paz to Entre Ríos, and when Paz was pushed from there he accompanied him on his return to Montevideo.
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