Diego de Holguín, 1486 -? , was a Spanish

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 conquistador

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 and the first mayor of San Salvador

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, in April of 1525. He had remarkable activity in the conquest of many nations in the Caribbean islands, Central America and Mexico, where he became famous for his courage.

Holguín was born around 1486 in a Spanish town called Tona or Sona. He arrived in the Americas very young and settled in the Spanish colony in present day Dominican Republic

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 in 1506. There he participated in the foundation of the cities of Aragua

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, Puerto Real

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 and Ciudad de la Vega. Captain Diego de Holguín participated in the conquest of Guatemala

Spanish conquest of Guatemala

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, Izalco

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, Cuscatlan and under the command of Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of Yucatan and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernan Cortes...

. He was alderman of the municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala

Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala

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. Along with Gonzalo de Alvarado

Gonzalo de Alvarado

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, was one of the founders of the first settlement of San Salvador, next to a fortress Cuzcatlecos, and became its first mayor in April 1525.

In 2005, construction began of the first expressway

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in Central America, located on the edge of Santa Tecla, Antiguo Cuscatlan and San Salvador in the west of the country, it takes the name of "Diego de Holguín".