This patriot was born and died in Godoy Cruz, pledged allegiance to General San Martin in 1816 and promised to do a trip to Buenos Aires with his troop of carts in order to bring arms and equipment for the Army of the Andes. Those trips from our province to the capital used to take around 90 days because the roads were just very hilly trails, which was an addition to the danger of attacks by the Indians or robbers.
Estos viajes desde nuestra provincia a la Capital demoraban alrededor de 90 días ya que los caminos eran apenas huellas muy accidentadas, a lo que se sumaba el peligro de ataques de indios o asaltantes.