 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Luis Jerónimo Marcano Álvarez akaberekerwa muBani, Dominican Republic muna 1831, uye akashanda mumapoka emasoja akadzinga kupindirwa kweHaiti kwema1840 nema1850; akasimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo cheLieutenant-Colonel. Gare gare akashanda muuto reSpain mukati meDominican Restoration War, uye, pashure pokunge vaDominican vakunda hondo, Marcano nehama dzake mbiri vakatiza vachienda kuCuba yeSpain. Zvisinei, vakabatana nevapanduki vokuCuba muHondo Yamakore Gumi, uye Marcano akava mukuru mukuru muuto reCuba. Akatora chikamu mukutora Bayamo muna 1868 uye Hondo yeEl Sallado muna 1869, uye, musi wa16 Chivabvu 1870, akapfurwa muhusimbe nemunhu waasingazive muManzanillo mushure mekurwa. 