The New International Encyclopædia/Fuero, Joaquin
FUERO,  (1814-67). A Mexican
soldier. He was born at Guadalupe Hidalgo, and
was educated at the Military College of Segovia,
at which he subsequently became professor and
vice-president. After suppressing the insurrection
of 1840 he was, in 1843, appointed chief of
staff of the army division in Tamaulipas, and
also fought with distinction in the war with the
United States, and received a wound from which
he ultimately died. Besides a Spanish translation
of General Makenna's Treatise on Military
Tactics, he published a Manual del militar, ó
tratado completo de instrucción en la ordenanza
(1842).