Diego de Herrera Campuzano

Diego de Herrera Campuzano (b. Polanco, Santander, Spain, April 27, 1653 - d. Managua, Nicaragua, December 1, 1714) was a Spanish soldier who in June From 1704 to May 1707 he was interim governor of the province of Costa Rica.

Personal data

Son of Francisco de Palacio Herrera and María de Campuzano Peredo. He did not get married, although it is possible that he had extramarital offspring, since in Costa Rica there was a family named Herrera Campuzano whose precise origins are unknown and from which President Vicente Herrera Zeledón (1876-1877) descended.

He was in the military and reached the rank of field master.

Interim Governor of Costa Rica

On February 3, 1704, the Royal Court of Guatemala appointed him interim governor of Costa Rica, to succeed Francisco Serrano de Reyna y Céspedes, who had been accused of illegal trade. He took possession in June 1704.

During his administration, he was concerned with the defense of the Caribbean coast against the incursions of pirates and mosquito zambos, and the parish aid of Cubujuquí was erected, which gave rise to the emergence of the current population of Heredia. He was highly appreciated by the residents of the city of Cartago, who asked the Court to keep him in charge of the province, but as early as 1703 the Crown had appointed Lorenzo Antonio de Granda y Balbín as titular governor, to whom he handed over command on December 1. May 1707.

Subsequent Charges

In 1708 the Royal Audience of Guatemala appointed him as corregidor and war captain of the town and port of El Realejo, replacing Don Sebastián de Coscojales. On April 30, 1711, the sergeant major Don Pedro Martínez de Ugarrío was appointed in his place, who carried out his residency trial.

Later, he settled in Chinandega, Nicaragua, but in 1712 the Audiencia sent him back to Cartago to investigate the confrontation between his successor and the city council and investigate the respective case.

On August 26, 1713, he was appointed by the High Court as Corregidor of Nicoya, replacing Don Francisco Javier de Bustamante. He was the holder of that position when he passed away. In his place, Don Miguel Pereira de Rivas was appointed on December 30, 1715.