General Juan Ríus Rivera (August 26, 1848-September 20, 1924), was the General of the Cuban Liberation Army of the West upon the death of General Antonio Maceo

Antonio Maceo Grajales

Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence....

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Rius was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...

, to Eusebio Rius and Ramona Rivera he was one of nine brothers. His family, owned a coffee plantation in the Río Cañas Abajo Barrio in Mayagüez, and were one of the wealthiest families in that town.