Abraham Castillo Mora

Abraham Castillo Mora (died 1910)[1] was a Salvadoran politician and military officer from Sonsonate who served as governor of the Ahuachapán and Sonsonate departments, as well as being a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for Sonsonate. He was involved in several land disputes during the late-1890s.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Castillo and the second or maternal family name is Mora.
General
Abraham Castillo Mora
Governor of Sonsonate
In office
?–?
Governor Ahuachapán
In office
1882–1882
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly
In office
1879–1880
ConstituencySonsonate
Personal details
BornSonsonate, El Salvador
Died1910
El Salvador
SpouseJosefa Rodríguez
OccupationPolitician, military officer
Military service
Allegiance El Salvador
Branch/serviceSalvadoran Army
Years of servicec. 1870s–1890s
RankCommander of Arms

Military and political career

He served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for the department of Sonsonate from 1879 to 1880, where he was born.[1] He served as military judge of Ahuachapán in April 1881,[1] and later as its governor in 1882.[2] He held the military position of Commander of Arms and served as the governor of Sonsonate under Presidents Rafael Zaldívar (1876–1885) and Carlos Ezeta (1890–1894).[1]

Land disputes

In 1896, Castillo Mora bought 4 caballerías (180 hectares) land in Dolores, Cabañas, for 4,200 pesos from partidor Luciano Argueta which caused a controversy with another partidor, Simeón Morán, which ended with the intervention of President Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez.[3][4][5] Due to peasants from El Volcán de Santa Ana occupying the land he purchased, he attempted to sell the land to the government, however, a government legal advisor rejected the offer believing that the purchase would be unconstitutional, advising him to take the issue to court instead.[5] He also attempted to buy land in Ataco, Ahuachapán, but the department's governor prevented him from doing so.[2]

References

Citations
  1. Zepeda Peña 2006, p. 118.
  2. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 272.
  3. Lauria-Santiago 1999, pp. 511–514.
  4. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 26.
  5. Lauria-Santiago & Binford 2004, p. 30.

Bibliography
  • Lauria-Santiago, Aldo A. (August 1999). "Land, Community, and Revolt in Late-Nineteenth-Century Indian Izalco, El Salvador". The Hispanic American Historical Review. Duke University Press. 79 (3): 495–534. doi:10.1215/00182168-79.3.495. JSTOR 2518288.
  • Lauria-Santiago, Aldo A.; Binford, Leigh (9 May 2004). Landscapes of Struggle: Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador. University of Pittsburgh Pre. ISBN 0822972549. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  • Zepeda Peña, Ciro Cruz (2006). "Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador" [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador] (PDF) (in Spanish). Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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