The place is famous because General Juan Facundo Quiroga, Governor and caudillo of La Rioja, was assassinated there by a party led by Santos Pérez, on 16 February 1835, during the Argentine Civil Wars.
General Juan Facundo Quiroga, who served as Governor and caudillo of La Rioja, was assassinated in this place by a party headed by Santos Pérez on February 16, 1835, amid the Argentine Civil Wars.