Fernando Daquilema
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Fernando Daquilema Ruiz (June 5, 1848 in Kera Ayllu - April 8, 1872 in Yaruquíes) was an Ecuadorian indigenous leader, considered a hero for the struggle for the rights of his people.[1] In 1871, he led an unsuccessful indigenous rebellion in Riobamba against the Ecuador government.[2]
Fernando Daquilema was born in 1849; his father was Ignacio Daquilema, who worked at the Tungurahuilla farm, and his mother was María Ruiz, both descendants of the Puruhá ethnic group. Daquilema married Martina Lozano; it is unknown if they had any children. During the 1860s, there was an overexploitation of the indigenous labor force in the jurisdiction of the Riobamba Canton. The parish of Yaruquíes, where the uprising of Daquilema took place, was one of those that suffered the most. Although there was a drastic reduction in its population between 1870 and 1873 but it had one of the largest proportional increases in the payment of tithes.[3] He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting.[4]
