Romualdo Palacios González (8 February 1827 – 7 September 1908) was a Spanish general and governor of
Puerto Rico in 1887. He is best remembered for his political persecution of Puerto Rican ''
Autonomistas'' called ''Componte'', a term that means "to rectify" or "to pacify". His favorite detention centers were the jails at the
Ponce Military Barracks in
Ponce and the
Fort San Felipe del Morro in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
. Amongst his most notable persecutions was that of
Román Baldorioty de Castro. Palacios was removed from office by the Spanish Government and returned to
Spain on 11 November 1887. His
political prisoners were released on 24 December 1887.
[''El Componte.'' Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño, Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 10 November 2010]
References
Spanish generals
Royal Governors of Puerto Rico
1827 births
1907 deaths
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