Complex sentence: The city was founded around 1825, uniting ranches ("haciendas") that stood in this area, and was the place where José Martí (the leader of the Cuban independence movement) was killed in 1895, in the Battle of Dos Ríos.
Split into simpler sentences: The city was founded around 1825, uniting ranches (haciendas) that stood in this area. It is here where José Martí (the leader of the cuban independence movement) was killed in 1895, in the Battle of Dos Ríos.