Jacinto Canek

Jacinto Canek
Mural of Canek's execution, by Fernando Castro Pacheco, in the Hall of History, in the Yucatan Governor's Palace
Born
Jacinto Uc de los Santos

c. 1731
City of Campeche, Captaincy General of Yucatán, New Spain
DiedDecember 14, 1761 (aged 30)
Mérida, Captaincy General of Yucatán, New Spain
Cause of deathtorture
NationalityMayan
Other namesJacinto,
Jacinto Uc de los Santos,
José de los Santos
Occupation(s)Maya Mexican revolutionary and rebel leader

Jacinto Canek or Jacinto Uc de los Santos (c. 1731 in barrio de San Román, City of Campeche, New Spain – December 14, 1761 in Mérida, New Spain), was an 18th-century Maya Mexican revolutionary who fought against the Spanish in the Yucatán Peninsula of New Spain.

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