Illustration by Miguel José Changed in the British newspaper The Illustrated London News (1852).
Miguel José Cambiaso Tapia (Santiago, 1823 - Valparaíso, April 4, 1852) was a Chilean military and politician. Biography
Son of Angel María Cambiaso and Teresa Tapia. He entered the army artillery corps in March 1842. He married Dolores Bohórquez Soyago in 1845.
Since her marriage began to develop a violent and aggressive character with her own wife and the rest of society. He tried to poison his spouse. He fought with anyone and his cruelty manifested itself in all his acts. He practiced many specialties and professions, even without abandoning his arms.
On one occasion he was introduced to Francisco Bilbao, offering to serve the Society of Equality. This fact seems to be related to the mutiny that he carried out in Punta Arenas (Motin de Cambiaso), to which he gave a character of revolution, directed against the government of Manuel Montt, as the Society of the Equality was preparing it. p>
He was sent to Punta Arenas in punishment for acts of indiscipline committed in Ancud. There also he carried an irregular conduct, reason why he was arrested. While fulfilling this arrest he escaped and organized the mutiny.
After all sorts of atrocities committed in Punta Arenas, in which massacres and murders, including that of the governor of the square, Benjamin Muñoz Gamero, organized a "liberating expedition" with the pretension of meeting General José María of the Prieto Cross.
He was captured by his own men, tired of seeing bloodshed futilely, and delivered to the authorities of Ancud. From there he was sent to Valparaiso, where he was followed by a trial and sentenced to death. It was adjusted, shooting him in the square. Change in Literature
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