Ángel García, nicknamed Cabeza de Perro (born 1800) was a Spanish

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. His nickname, "Cabeza de Perro" translates to English as ''Dog Head''.El pirata tinerfeño Cabeza de Perro
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Biography

Ángel García was born in Igueste de San Andrés,

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in 1800. As a pirate he conducted his operations in the

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and lived in the district of San Lázaro, in La Habana, Cuba. His vessel was the brig ''El Invencible'', although he also had others such as ''El Audaz'', which he captured after organizing the killing of her crew. This ship traveled between Havana to

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. He killed all his crew, except for a woman and her son (or daughter, according to other sources), who had gone into hiding. When both were discovered by the pirate, he threw them into the sea. However, they were rescued by an Italian sailing ship. The woman related the event to the captain and he showed her a portrait of Cabeza de Perro, recognizing him as the author of the massacre. In the following days, the pirate Cabeza de Perro could not stop thinking about that terrible scene and decided to abandon his pirate activity and return to his homeland to dedicate himself to agriculture. After arriving in Tenerife, he was arrested at ''Castillo de Paso Alto'' in

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, where he was executed.

Historicity

Currently it is believed that this pirate is only a character based on

Amaro Pargo Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado (3 May 16784 October 1747), better known as Amaro Pargo (), was a famous Spanish Privateer, corsair. He was one of the most renowned corsairs in Spain of the Golden Age of Piracy. He was noted for his ...

, since there are no real references either to his activities or to his execution in Tenerife. Yes, there was an offender in the 1920s who took that nickname.El pirata "cabeza de perro" ficcion o realidad
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Biography

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