Fernando Figueroa
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Fernando Figueroa was a Salvadoran politician and military officer who served as the 20th President of El Salvador in 1885 and from 1907 to 1911. He also served as Minister of War and the Navy and as
Official portrait, c. 1907–1910
Rafael Zaldívar
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Rafael Zaldívar Lazo was a Salvadoran politician, diplomat, and physician who served as the 14th President of El Salvador from 1876 to 1884 and from 1884 to 1885.
Fernando Figueroa
…to the rank of general. Figueroa was again wounded in action at the Battle of Pasaquina during the Guatemalan–Salvadoran War of 1876 that resulted in Rafael Zaldívar being appointed President of El Salvador by Guatemalan president Justo Rufino Barrios. In May 1885, Divisional General Francisco Menéndez launched a…
Zaldívar in c. 1902