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María Luisa Martínez de García Rojas

María Luisa Martínez de García Rojas

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María Luisa Martínez de García Rojas (1780 – 1817) was an insurgent and heroine of the Mexican War of Independence.[1] Born in Erongarícuaro, Michoacán, she was the wife of Esteban García Rojas “El Jaranero”, a member of a regionally important family involved in the production of jaranas; both ran a small store.[1] She joined the rebels as a spy provided reports.[1] Her dispatches were found by authorities and she was fined and jailed several times.[1] The last time she was imprisoned she was ordered to pay a larger fine, unable to do so, she was executed in Erongaricuaro, Michoachán in 1817.

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    Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers and Spies. McFarland & Co. 1995. p. 137.
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