A successful copper-miner, he rebelled against General O' Donnell and left for New York after his mentor Valdes was deposed.
A successful copper-miner, he rebelled against General O' Donnell and left for New York after his mentor Valdes was deposed. His more notable followers included John A. Quitman and he claimed to be the leader of more than 15,000 members, all registered to his secret society, the "Order of the Lone Star." After leaving New Orleans with William Crittenden, he had planned to coordinate his group's activities with those of his brother in Pinar de Rio. [*] Yet when he landed at Bahia Honda with close to five hundred men he soon found Royalist forces under General Enna blocking his way, and his expedition was stopped at Las Pozas, forty miles away from the capital. Often compared to William Walker who later emulated his methods, FTP, identify this Venezuelan-born Filibusterer who tried to conquer Cuba three times in the early 1850s.
A successful copper-miner, he rebelled against General O' Donnell and left for New York after his mentor Valdes was deposed.
Narcisco {Lopez}