Mariano Emilio Bustamante y Mantilla (August 5, 1831 – June 7, 1880) was aPeruvian hero of theWar of the Pacific betweenChile and Peru, fighting in the battles ofSan Francisco,Tarapacá andArica, in which he was killed while combating.

He was born in the town of Tingo, near the city ofArequipa, Peru. He joined the army to fight as a colonel during the war, he died on June 7, 1880, during theBattle of Arica along with 50% of the men that defendedArica. He was the Chief of Detail for ColonelAlfonso Ugarte under the garrison commanded by ColonelFrancisco Bolognesi.

He was one of the Peruvian officers who, on the eve of the battle, had gallantly rejected an offer to surrender the garrison to the Chilean army, and prompted Colonel Bolognesi to vow to the Chilean emissary that he would defend the garrison to the last cartridge.

A barracks in theMariano Melgar District, in the city of Arequipa, are named after him.

• The information in this article is based on that in itsSpanish equivalent.

• 1831 births
• 1880 deaths
• Bustamante family
• People from Arequipa
• Peruvian Army officers
• Peruvian military personnel of the War of the Pacific
• Peruvian military personnel killed in action

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