Diego Salcedo
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There are two Diego Salcedo entries:
Diego Salcedo (died in February, 1511) was a Spanish soldier who unwillingly became part of Puerto Rico's history with his death. Salcedo died on February 1511, during a trip to Puerto Rico, when Taíno Indians, under the command of Agueybana II (brother of the great Taino Cacique Agueybana) and the Cacique of Añasco Urayoan, drowned him in the Guaorabo (Añasco) river to find out if people from Spain really were "Gods, as the Taínos believed.
Bishop Diego Salcedo Benacos (May 30, 1575-April 2,1644) was a Spaniard bishop. He became bishop of Astorga in 1639, and died in 1644.