Juan Facundo Quiroga had been appointed by…

Juan Facundo Quiroga had been appointed by the governor of Buenos Aires (and Representative of Foreign Relations of the Argentine Confederation) Manuel Vicente Maza to mediate between the governors of Tucumán and Salta in 1834, but Salta governor De la Torre had died before Quiroga could arrive.

Advised that there are plans to murder him on his way back, Quiroga, disregarding the advice, returns to Buenos Aires through the same way.

On February 16, at Barranca Yaco, a desolated place between Córdoba and Santiago del Estero, a party of gunmen stops the carriage in which he is traveling.

Confident in his charisma and that his mere presence and resolution will discourage the attackers, Quiroga appears through the carriage door and shouts at the gunmen, frightening most of them; however, their leader, Santos Pérez, shoots him dead.