Felipe de Cáceres

Felipe de Cáceres was a Spanish conquistador and colonizer. Despite the preference of the people of Asunción for Juan Ortiz de Zárate to replace Francisco Ortiz de Vergara as governor of Rio de la Plata, the Royal Audience at Charcas appointed the accountant Felipe de Cáceres to the post. Although he broke jail en route with the help of the Portuguese, the captain Ruy Diaz Melgarejo was able to recapture him.

Felipe de Cáceres

Felipe de Cáceres was a Spanish conquistador and colonizer. Despite the preference of the people of Asunción for Juan Ortiz de Zárate to replace Francisco Ortiz de Vergara as governor of Rio de la Plata, the Royal Audience at Charcas appointed the accountant Felipe de Cáceres to the post. Although he broke jail en route with the help of the Portuguese, the captain Ruy Diaz Melgarejo was able to recapture him.