Abraham Castillo Mora (died 1910)[1] was a Salvadoran politician and military officer from Sonsonate who served as governor of the Ahuachapán and Sonsonate departments, as well as being a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for Sonsonate. He was involved in several land disputes during the late-1890s.
Military and political career
He served as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador for the department of Sonsonate from 1879 to 1880, where he was born.[1] He served as military judge of Ahuachapán in April 1881,[1] and later as its governor in 1882.[2] He held the military position of Commander of Arms and served as the governor of Sonsonate under Presidents Rafael Zaldívar (1876–1885) and Carlos Ezeta (1890–1894).[1] He returned to Legislative Assembly in 1900 and served as a deputy from the department of Ahuachapán until 1901.[3]
Land disputes
In 1896, Castillo Mora bought 4 caballerías (180 hectares) land in Dolores, Cabañas, for 4,200 pesos from partidor Luciano Argueta which caused a controversy with another partidor, Simeón Morán, which ended with the intervention of President Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez.[4][5][6] Due to peasants from the Santa Ana Volcano occupying the land he purchased, he attempted to sell the land to the government, however, a government legal advisor rejected the offer believing that the purchase would be unconstitutional, advising him to take the issue to court instead.[6] He also attempted to buy land in Ataco, Ahuachapán, but the department's governor prevented him from doing so.[2]
