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| | Diego Maldonado |
 | | MALDONADO, Diego (mal-do-nah'-do), Spanish adventurer, born in Salamanca, Spain, toward the end of the 15th century; died in Cuzco, Peru, in 1564. |
 | | In 1537 he was induced by the other members of the common council to sign an act declaring Almagro to be governor of the southern part of Peru; but the latter, knowing Maldonado to be his enemy, put him in prison, where he remained till Almagro's execution in 1538. |
 | | After the assassination of Pizarro and the usurpation of the younger Almagro, Maldonado fled to Panama, and, returning with the governor Vaca de Castro, went to Cuzco and persuaded Holguin, who resisted Almagro, to join the governor. |
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