Felipe de Cáceres was a Spanish

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, and Governor of Rio de la Plata. He was appointed in 1568 to replace

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. The Royal Audience at Charcas appointed Cáceres as governor despite the preference of the people of

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for

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to take over the post. Cáceres had previously assisted

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in removing

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from power, and during his administration quarrelled with Fray

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, the first bishop of Paraguay. Returning from a trip to the mouth of the

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, he was accosted upon his return to

and arrested under the authority of the bishop. The

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Martin Suarez de Toledo approved the incarceration and ordered de Cáceres removed to Spain. He escaped ''en route'' to jail with the help of the Portuguese, but was recaptured by the captain Ruy Diaz Melgarejo.

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