Diego García de Paredes (1506–1563)

Diego García de Paredes (1506, Trujillo, Spain – 1563), was a Spanish conquistador. He participated in his cousin Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Incas, and was involved in the Battle of Cajamarca (1532). In 1545 he participated in Francisco de Orellana's expedition up the Amazon River in search of El Dorado; García de Paredes was one of the few survivors, returning to Isla Margarita in 1546. Later he was involved in founding a number of towns in Venezuela, including Barquisimeto and Trujillo. In 1561 he was involved in defeating the rebellion of Lope de Aguirre. In 1563 he was killed near Caracas by indigenous Indians after they had invited him to a banquet, after he stopped off to visit his friend Luis de Narváez, whose death the previous year he was unaware of. He had been on his way to take up his new post as Governor of Popayán.

He was the son of the Spanish soldier and duellist Diego García de Paredes (1466–1534) (also known as "Samson of Extremadura").