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Carlos de Montúfar

Ecuador1 battle1 war

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1780 – 1816

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Active service 1815 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 35.

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Carlos de Montúfar y Larrea-Zurbano was an Ecuadorian nobleman and soldier considered one of the liberators of current Ecuador. He fought alongside Simón Bolívar and was nicknamed El Caudillo.

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