Antonio Garra

Antonio Garra (died January 10, 1852) was a leader of the Cupeño people (from Kupa/Agua Caliente in present-day San Diego County, California) who organized resistance in 1851 to U.S. and county policies in Southern California that included attempts to levy taxes on Native communities. Garra was captured after the uprising and executed by firing squad in San Diego following a court-martial proceeding reported in contemporary and later historical accounts.