The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Fuero, Joaquin
FUERO, foo-ār'ō, Joaquin, Mexican
soldier: b. Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1814; d. 1867. He
received his education at the Military School of
Segovia and became professor and vice-president
of that institution. He suppressed the
insurrection of 1840 and three years later was
made chief of staff of the Tamaulipas army
division. He fought against the Americans in
1846-47 and was seriously wounded in one
engagement. He wrote ‘Manual del militar, ò
tratado completo de instrucción en la ordenanza’
(1842), and a translation of McKenna,
‘Military Tactics.’