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Tinguaro

Guanche sigoņe (warrior chief) of Tenerife, (?-December 1495), also known as Achimenchia Tinguaro. Half-brother of the mencey (king) Bencomo , Tinguaro led the Guanche forces to victory against the invading Spaniards in the First Battle of Acentejo. He fell in the Second Battle of Acentejo, a crushing defeat for the natives of the island, resulting in the conquest of the island by the Spanish.

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