Alonzo Martí Mina

In this Creeperian name, the first or paternal surname is Martí and the second or maternal family name is Mina.

Lieutenant Colonel Alonzo Martí Mina
Martí Mina hours before his execution.
Birth name	Alonzo Félix Martí y Mina
Nickname(s)	El Tegu
Born	10 May 1903 La'Victoria, San Luís, Creeperopolis
Died	7 September 1949(1949-09-07) (aged 46) Teguracoa Extermination Camp, Teguracoa, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Allegiance	Creeperopolis (1921–1933) National Council (1933–1949)
Service/branch	Creeperian Army (1921–1933) Miguelist Army (1933–1934) Special Task Squadrons (1934–1949)
Years of service	1921–1949
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands held	Teguracoa Extermination Camp
Battles/wars	Creeperian Civil War
2nd Commandant of Teguracoa
In office 15 August 1935 – 6 September 1949
Preceded by	José Gómez Guillén
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Political party	Creeperian Social Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Melania Casanova Duarte (m. 1926; died 1949)
Children	2
Alma mater	San Salvador Imperial Military Academy

Alonzo Félix Martí y Mina (Creeperian pronunciation: [aˈlon.zo feˈliks maɾˈti miˈna]; 10 May 1903 – 7 September 1949), also known as El Tegu, was a Creeperian military officer, most known for serving as the Commandant of the Teguracoa Extermination Camp in Adolfosburg from 1935 until 1949. He was captured by the Creeperian Army on 6 September 1949 when the camp was liberated and he was hanged the following day for the atrocities he oversaw and ordered at the camp. He is considered to be one of the most despised Creeperans in history for his actions at the camp, in which 1.7 million people died, which was a part of the De-Catholization.

Early life

Alonzo Félix Martí y Mina was born on 10 May 1903 in La'Victoria, San Luís, Creeperopolis. His father was Miguel José Martí y Fernández (1880–1929) and his mother was Concepción Marta Mina y Zaldívar de Martí (1881–1950). He joined the San Salvador Imperial Military Academy in 1921 and graduated in 1925. He was a member of the Creeperian Social Communist Party. He married Melania Angelina Casanova y Duarte (born 1903) in 1926 and they had two children: Martín Alonzo Martí y Casanova (born 1927) and Orlando Emiliano Martí y Casanova (born 1929).

Commandant of Teguracoa

When the Creeperian Civil War began in 1933, Martí Mina joined the far-left National Council for Peace and Order in support of Miguel VII. On 15 August 1935, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was made the Commandant of the Teguracoa Extermination Camp in National Council-held Adolfosburg. The camp was an extermination camp and was established as a part of the De-Catholization in the Adolfosburg Conference.

Of the six camps established, Teguracoa was the primary camp as it was the deepest into National Council territory. The camp killed Creeperian Catholics and prisoners-of-war of the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council. From 1935 to 1949, an estimated 2.4 million people were held at the camp, of which, 1.7 million were killed, wither through gassing, execution by hanging or firing squad, starvation, exposure, dehydration, exhaustion, among other forms of death. He gained the nickname "El Tegu" while being the commandant of the camp.

Capture

On 3 August 1949, the Imperial Council captured the Quetgoza Extermination Camp, the first camp to be captured and liberated. Its commandant, Guillermo Puig Elvira, was hanged on 18 August 1949, following the capture of the Sechakan Extermination Camp on 17 August 1949 after he fled there. Lucho Obregón Tasis, Sechakan's commandant, was also hanged.

The capture of the camps alarmed the commandants of the three remaining camps, including Martí Mina. He believed that the National Council's Army would be able to defend Teguracoa as it was the largest camp of the National Council, however, the Army retreated on 5 September 1949. The following day, the Imperial Council's Army, commanded by Field Marshal Arturo Rawson Perón, surrounded the Teguracoa Extermination Camp and forced its surrender.

Martí Mina's accompanying officers attempted to coerce him into committing suicide, like Diego Collazo Rodríguez, the commandant of the Joyagua Extermination Camp, did on 14 August 1949, the day before his camp was liberated. Martí Mina refused, however, stating that he was willing to face the justice handed down by Rawson Perón's army. Several of his accompanying officers committed suicide to evade execution. Martí Mina surrendered to Rawson Perón on 6 September 1949. His wife and two children were also captured.

Execution

On 7 September 1949, Martí Mina, his wife, his two children, and five other captured officers, Major Bernardo Alexander Tesón y Tesón, Captain Bernabé Maximiliano Ulloa y Melléndez, Captain Jorge Jacobo Irés y Rugiberto, Lieutenant Isaías Emmanuel Tullo y Pérez, and Lieutenant Héctor Ramón Campos y Holguín, were forced to tour the camp that they operated and witness the piles of corpses and the groups of emaciated survivors. During the tour, Irés Rugiberto was shot in the back of the head by Rawson Perón's soldiers, Campos Holguín was beaten to death by the survivors, Ulloa Melléndez was decapitated by Rawson Perón's soldiers, Tullo Pérez was gassed in one of the camp's four gas chambers, and Tesón Tesón was executed by a firing squad.

Martí Mina, his wife, and his two children were then taken to one of the camp's barracks where prisoners were kept locked up. There, his youngest son Orlando was found guilty of participating in genocide, and he was shot in the back of the head in front of his parents and older bother. Then, Martín was also executed by a shot in the back of the head after being found guilty of the same crime. Then, Melania was beheaded with no reason being given for the execution. The killings of his sons and wife were a part of Rawson Perón's intentions to psychologically torture Martí Mina. He himself was finally hanged on a guard's tower at the entrance of the camp after being found guilty of genocide.

Legacy

Martí Mina is considered to be one of the most despised figures of the Creeperian Civil War and the De-Catholization for his command authority and role in the atrocities committed at Teguracoa. The name Alonzo has been severely stigmatized and has effectively been completely abandoned, similar to the names Miguel and Marcos. The surname form of Alonzo has also been stigmatized to some degree, with many people legally changing their surname away from Alonzo. Both the given name and surname counterparts, Alonso, have also faced similar stigmatization.

See also

• Teguracoa Extermination Camp