death_date death_place birth_place birth_date dead article_title name
february 23 , 1822 1777 santiago , chile quirihue 1777 dead vicente benavides
 vicente benavides
vicente benavides

vicente benavides llanos -lrb- quirihue , 1777 -- santiago , chile , february 23 , 1822 -rrb- was a chilean soldier who fought in the chilean war of independence .
he initially sided with the patriots but changed sides later to side with the royalists .
he then led the resistance during the so-called guerra a muerte .
this was a time of irregular warfare and benavides got the aid of many mapuche chiefs to combat the chileans and pillage the countryside .
the pincheira brothers , a future outlaw group , served benavides in the guerra a muerte by defending the cordillera .
benavides was captured near the end of the war .
after a brief trial in santiago , benavides was hanged on february 23 , 1822 .
his body was mutilated and dismembered .
