Romualdo Palacio González Explained

General Romualdo Palacios González
Term Start:	23 March 1887^[1]
Term End:	11 November 1887^[2]
Predecessor:	Luis Daban y Ramírez de Arellano
Successor:	Juan Contreras Martínez
Profession:	General, Governor-General of Puerto Rico
Nationality:	Spanish
Birth Date:	8 February 1827
Birth Place:	Málaga, Spain
Death Place:	Getafe, Madrid, Spain

Romualdo Palacios González (8 February 1827 – 7 September 1908) was a Spanish general and governor of Puerto Rico in 1887. He is best remembered for his political persecution of Puerto Rican Autonomistas called Componte, a term that means "to rectify" or "to pacify".^[3] His favorite detention centers were the jails at the Ponce Military Barracks in Ponce and the Fort San Felipe del Morro in San Juan. Amongst his most notable persecutions was that of Román Baldorioty de Castro.^[4] Palacios was removed from office by the Spanish Government and returned to Spain on 11 November 1887. His political prisoners were released on 24 December 1887.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.elboricua.com/Governors.html Governors of Puerto Rico - Under Spanish Rule
2. http://www.elboricua.com/Governors.html Governors of Puerto Rico - Under Spanish Rule
3. El Componte. Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño, Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 10 November 2010
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=rzyA0BhHHCIC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26 Las fiestas populares de Ponce.
5. El Componte. Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño, Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 10 November 2010
6. Book: José Antonio Ayala. La masonería de obediencia española en Puerto Rico, en el siglo XIX. 1991. EDITUM. es. 978-84-7684-235-5. 212–.