- Esteban Huertas
Esteban Huertas López (1876-1943) was a
Colombia n and laterPanama nianmilitary commander .He was born in Boyacá,
Colombia . When he was 8 years old he ran away from home to join the army. Fighting in the civil war, he won many medals. In 1900 he lost his leftarm when he fired acannon . It was replaced by a woodenprosthesis . In 1902 he was promoted to the rank ofgeneral .Manuel Amador Guerrero managed to get Huertas on his side by spreading rumours that he would lose his title and be sent to the dangerous inlands of Colombia. In 1903 he took part in the revolution that led Panama to independence. OnOctober 28 1904 Huertas demanded two ministers from Amador's conservative cabinet resign. Fearing acoup , Amador disbanded the army and Huertas had to resign. Huertas died inPanama City in 1943.Appearance in fiction
Huertas is portrayed as 'General Esteban' in " The Sharpie of the Culebra Cult", a
Scrooge McDuck comic byKeno Don Rosa that is set in Panama in 1906. In the comic, General Esteban is avillain who wants to seize power in Panama to enrich himself using thePanama Canal (which he plans to rename Esteban Canal). After trying unsuccessfully to capture atreasure discovered by Scrooge McDuck and Teddy Roosevelt, Esteban is knocked down by aParita chief and sent to Colombia.External links
* [http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/esteban.html Basic information about Huertas]
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