ended and the victorious Marshall Antonio José de Sucre returned to Salinas's heirs all that had been taken. Juan de Salinas is remembered as the first military leader in what is now Ecuador and one of the first martyrs of the Wars of Independence. References https://web.archive.org/web/20100219191434/http://www.diccionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomos/tomo8/s2.htm http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/salinas.htm 1755 births 1810 deaths History of Ecuador