José Prudencio Padilla

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José Prudencio Padilla (19 March 1788 — 2 February 1828) was a famous military leader who fought in the Bolivar's War and the South American Wars of Independence. He is best known for his brilliant victory in the Naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo on 24 July 1823, in which a royalist Spanish fleet was defeated.

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