Ventura Pasos, or possibly Luciano Ventura Pasos, was an Argentine, sent to the islands by Vernet in March 1833. He was related to Vernet by marriage, Pasos' sister being married to the elder brother of Vernet's wife, María Sáez de Vernet. He was also the nephew of Juan José Paso, an Argentine politician who formed part of the first and second triumvirates that governed the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata during their war of independence.