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Luis Merlo de la Fuente
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta was a Spanish colonial official who briefly served as the Royal Governor of Chile, in 1610-11.
He was born in Valdepenas, Spain to Luis Merlo de la Fuente and Maria Ruiz de Betena. He went to America, specifically Panama, in 1588 in the capacity of an oidor or judge, later travelling to Lima, Peru. From there the viceroy at the time, Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, sent him to Santiago, Chile to judge the governor, Alonso de Sotomayor, for possible misconduct.
Later, he travelled as an emissary to various colonial cities. When Philip ...
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