José María García de Toledo y de Madariaga (11 February 1769 — 24 February 1816) was a Neogranadine lawyer and politician, who fought against the Royalist forces during the Patria Boba period that preceded the Colombian War of Independence. Soon after the banishment of the Spanish governor on 14 June 1810 a

Supreme Junta The Supreme Junta (or Junta Suprema de Caracas) was the institution that governed the Captaincy General of Venezuela following the forced resignation of the Captain General Vicente Emparán on April 19, 1810, marking the beginning of the Venezue ...

was established in Cartagena de Indias as a direct response to

Napoleon's invasion of Spain The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, ...

. García was named as its president, and on 11 November 1811, the Junta declared the independence of Cartagena from Spain. He was later shot by Pablo Morillo on 24 Feb. 1816, after the city was "pacified".

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1769 births 1816 deaths People from Cartagena, Colombia Del Rosario University alumni 18th-century Colombian lawyers People of the Colombian War of Independence {{Colombia-bio-stub