 Complete the following phrase:  García Banqueda was born in Santiago, the son of Antonio García, Lieutet in the Dragones de la Reina Queens Dragoons and of Juana Banqueda. In 1817 at the age of 12, he became a cadet in the recently formed Military Academy, created by Bernardo OHiggins that year. He fought in the Battle of Maipú, during the 