Albino Pérez was a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 soldier

Soldier

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 and politician

Politician

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Pérez was appointed Governor

Spanish governors of New Mexico

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 of New Mexico

Santa Fe de Nuevo México

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 in 1835. He was assassinated near the city of Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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 in 1837 during the Revolt of 1837

Revolt of 1837 (New Mexico)

The Revolt of 1837, also known as the Chimayó Rebellion, was a popular insurrection in New Mexico against Albino Pérez, the Mexican governor at the time.-Background:Governor Pérez had arrived from central Mexico in 1835...

 after he tried to impose taxes ordered by President

President of Mexico

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 Antonio López de Santa Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón , often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna, known as "the Napoleon of the West," was a Mexican political leader, general, and president who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government...

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In June 2007 a monument commemorating Pérez was deeded to the Palace of the Governors

Palace of the Governors

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 in Santa Fe.

The Daughters of the American Revolution

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 originally erected the simple stone marker, engraved with the date of Pérez’s assassination, near the corner of Hickox and Agua Fría streets in Santa Fe, in 1901.

But by 1970, the stone had become so worn that it was moved to the Palace of the Governors for safekeeping. For years, it has sat beneath one of the giant cottonwoods in the palace’s courtyard.