Antón Higueras de Santana

Anton Higueras de Santana (1557 – 1619) was an Spanish military expeditionary, conqueror resident and Mayor of Ciudad de La Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María del Buen Ayres, he arrived together the expedition of Juan de Garay.

Biography
Born 1557 in Salteras, Sevilla, Andalucia, Spain. Anton Higueras arrived for the second time to the city of Buenos Aires in the expedition of Ortiz de Zárate, accompanied by his mother Antonia Morena, and his sisters Maria Correa, Catherine Correa, Isabel and Leonor de Santana, his father had recently died in his hometown. In 1580 his first expedition with Garay he served as Captain, attended the foundation of city and where accompanying him on dangerous missions where aboriginal natives and exotic animals were the main obstacle. Being a permanent residen, he was appointed Regidor of Cabildo in 1589, and Lieutenant Governor circa of 1595, then held the position of faithful Executor. Its highest office was the Mayor of Buenos Aires in 1618.

Anton Higueras de Santana also was a merchant and farmer, had his ranch in Buenos Aires. He had a daughter with a native, the girl was called Beatriz Morena de Santana.