Fernando Pacheco y Matos

Fernando Pacheco
Fernando Pacheco y Matos

Fernando Pacheco y Matos (also referred to as Fernando Pacheco or Fernando Pacheco de Matos) was an 18th-century Puerto Rican local official who led the petition that resulted in the formal establishment of the town and municipality of Yauco in 1756 under Spanish colonial rule, and is commonly identified in local historical writing as the town's founder and first municipal leader.

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