Pedro Almíndez Chirino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Almíndez and the second or maternal family name is Chirino.

Pedro Almíndez Chirino (or Pedro Almíndez Chirinos) was a conquistador born in Úbeda^[4] and member of several councils that governed New Spain while Hernán Cortés was traveling to Honduras, in 1525-26. Almíndez was an ally of Gonzalo de Salazar; the events of this period are recounted in that article.

Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Governor of New Spain
In office 29 December 1524^[1] – 28 January 1526^[2]^[3] Serving with Gonzalo de Salazar & Alonso de Zuazo (– 17 February 1525) Gonzalo de Salazar, Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz, & Alonso de Zuazo (– 20 April 1525) Gonzalo de Salazar & Alonso de Zuazo (– 23 May 1525) Gonzalo de Salazar (– 28 January 1526)
Preceded by	Alonso de Estrada Rodrigo de Albornoz Alonso de Zuazo
Succeeded by	Alonso de Estrada Rodrigo de Albornoz
Personal details
Occupation	Conquistador, bureaucrat

In 1530 he was sent by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán^[5] to the current Mexican states of Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Sinaloa to explore the region, search for gold and silver, and subdue the Indians. He passed through the current town of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco in March 1530 with a force of 50 Spanish soldiers and 500 Purépecha and Tlaxcaltec allies.^[6] This encounter was peaceful, but he was accused of a massacre in Mocorito (Sinaloa) in 1531, and in many places of destroying and burning everything he passed. "Mocorito" in the Cahita language signifies the place of the dead.^[7] The indigenous people named it for the Indians that Pedro Almíndez Chirino killed.

See also

•  Mexico portal

• People from New Spain

References

1. Alaman, Lucas (1899). Disertaciones sobre la historia de Mejico (in Spanish). V. Agueros. p. 324. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
2. Villaseñor, Alejandro Villaseñor y (1910). Gobernantes de México y formas de gobierno: índice alfabético (in Spanish). Tipografía de El Progreso Latino. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
3. Orozco, Wistano Luis (1895). Legislación y jurisprudencia sobre terrenos baldíos (in Spanish). Imp. de El Tiempo. p. 170. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
4. Martínez, Agustín Palacios (2007). Úbeda y América: (aproximación histórica) (in Spanish). Olivo. p. 47. ISBN 978-84-96307-42-1. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
5. Tercer Simposium Los Altos de Jalisco a Fin de Siglo: Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, 23 Y 24 de Junio de 1999 : Memorias (in Spanish). Sistema de Educación Media Superior, Universidad de Guadalajara. 1999. p. 16. ISBN 978-970-9022-12-4. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
6. Fernández, Roberto Franco (1985). Calendario de festividades en Jalisco (in Spanish). Gobierno de Jalisco, Secretaría General, Unidad Editorial. p. 42. ISBN 978-968-832-146-1. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
7. Zazueta, Marta Lilia Bonilla (1990). Escudos del Estado de Sinaloa y de sus municipios (in Spanish). M.L. Bonilla Zazueta. p. 129. ISBN 978-968-499-738-7. Retrieved 22 February 2024.