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Martín Francisco Javier Mina y Larrea
Spanish lawyer and army officer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mina and the second or maternal family name is Larrea.
General Martín Francisco Javier Mina y Larrea (July 1, 1789 – November 11, 1817), nicknamed El Mozo or El Estudiante (Student),[1] was a Spanish lawyer and armyofficer, who later became a Mexican independence figure.
Biography
Francisco Javier Mina was born in Otao, Navarre, to Juan Mina, a wealthy farmer,[citation needed] and Maria Larrea.
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Mina studied Latin, mathematics, and humanities at the local seminary while living in Pamplona with his uncle and aunt, Clemente and Simona Espoz. At the age of 18, he left Otago to continue his education in Zaragoza, where he began studying law at the university.
During the Peninsular War in early 1808, Spain was under occupation by French troops, prompting Mina to flee to the hills and forests of his native regio