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Miguel de la Torre y Pando , conde de Torrepando -LRB- 13 December 1786 , in Bernales -- 1843 , in Madrid -RRB- was a Spanish General , Governor and Captain General , who served in Spain , Venezuela , Colombia and Puerto Rico during the Spanish American wars of independence and after .. General. General. Spanish. Spanish people. Bernales. Karrantza. Madrid. Madrid. Governor. Governor. Captain General. Captain General. Venezuela. Venezuela. Colombia. Colombia. Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico. Spanish American wars of independence. Spanish American wars of independence. At the age of fourteen he joined the Spanish Army as a soldier during the War of the Second Coalition and quickly distinguished himself and four years later he joined the Guardia de Corps .. Spanish. Spanish people. War of the Second Coalition. War of the Second Coalition. Guardia de Corps. Garde du Corps ( France ). He fought well during the Spanish War of Independence , reaching the level of colonel by 1814 .. Spanish. Spanish people. Spanish War of Independence. Peninsular War. colonel. colonel. The following year he was assigned to the military expedition to South America led by Pablo Morillo , and participated in the Spanish reconquest of New Granada .. Pablo Morillo. Pablo Morillo. Spanish. Spanish people. Spanish reconquest of New Granada. Spanish reconquest of New Granada. Promoted to brigadier after New Granada was subdued , La Torre led a royalist army into the Colombian and Venezuelan llanos .. brigadier. brigadier. llanos. Los Llanos, Venezuela. There he unsuccessfully defended Angostura against Manuel Piar in April 1817 , and led the loyalist forces down the Orinoco River as they fought their way to the Atlantic Ocean .. Angostura. Ciudad Bolivar. Manuel Piar. Manuel Piar. Orinoco River. Orinoco River. For the next three years he continued to serve in the Spanish army of Venezuela .. Spanish. Spanish people. Venezuela. Venezuela. During this period he married a Criolla , Maria de la Concepcion Vegas y Rodriguez del Toro , a member of the powerful Rodriguez del Toro family and cousin once removed to Bolivar 's late wife , Maria Teresa Rodriguez del Toro y Alayza , and fourth cousin to Bolivar himself .. Criolla. Criollo ( people ). After the restoration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 in 1820 , the government appointed him governor -LRB- jefe politico superior -RRB- and captain-general of Venezuela , a post he held until 1822 .. Spanish. Spanish people. Venezuela. Venezuela. Spanish Constitution of 1812. Spanish Constitution of 1812. captain-general. Captaincy. He participated in the negotiations between Bolivar and Morillo and the later meeting in Santa Ana , where the two signed a six-month truce and a treaty regularizing the rules of engagement .. Santa Ana. Santa Ana, Trujillo. rules of engagement. rules of engagement. After Morillo resigned and left Venezuela at the end of 1820 , La Torre became the head of the royalist army , in addition to his other duties .. Venezuela. Venezuela. As such he oversaw the loss suffered by royalist forces at the Battle of Carabobo on 24 June 1821 , which effectively ended Spanish control of Venezuela .. Spanish. Spanish people. Venezuela. Venezuela. Battle of Carabobo. Battle of Carabobo. The following year he was replaced in his offices by Francisco Tomas Morales .. Francisco Tomas Morales. Francisco Tomas Morales