Aureliano Buendia

Aureliano Buendia was a Colombian general during the 1901 War of Panamanian Independence. Known for his brutal tactics, including the slaughter of a dozen American prisoners of war, Buendia died of yellow fever shortly before the conclusion of the war.

References

Schoultz, Lars. Beneith the United States, a History of U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America. New York: Random House, 1990.