Jorge Robledo (conquistador) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jorge Robledo was a Spanish conquistador. He traveled in Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru.
He founded the cities of Santa Ana de los Caballeros (current Anserma, Caldas

Anserma, Caldas

Anserma is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas.* *...

, 1539), Cartago, Valle del Cauca

Cartago, Valle del Cauca

Cartago is a city in southwestern Colombia, about 187 miles west of Bogotá. It is in the extreme northern portion of the Valle del Cauca Department. It is located very close to the city of Pereira, about a 20 minute drive. It is the fourth largest city in Valle after Cali, Palmira, and Tuluá...

(Arma, 1540) and Santa Fe de Antioquia (1541)
He was executed by Sebastián de Belalcázar

Sebastián de Belalcázar

Sebastián de Belalcázar was a Spanish conquistador.-Early life:He was born Sebastián Moyano in the province of Córdoba, Spain, in either 1479 or 1480. He took the name Belalcázar as that was the name of the castle-town near to his birthplace in Córdoba...

over a dispute of the Governorship of these towns.

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