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The priest and guerrilla Santa Cruz was born in Elduain

182
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23 March 1842,

The priest and guerrilla Santa Cruz were born in Elduain. His name was Manuel Ignacio, and during the Second Carlist War he led the Carlist guerrilla. He was a controversial person who gained fame among the fighters for his brave and cruel. He had conflicts with other Carlist leaders for his independent tendency and for not obeying orders. In 1873 he exiled himself from the Basque Country, first visited France, Nantes and Lille, and finally worked as a missionary in Jamaica and Colombia. He died in the city of Pasto in 1926.

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