Silvestre Gutiérrez

Manuel Silvestre Gutiérrez Chávez (Arequipa; — Lima; ) was a Peruvian colonel that participated in the coup d'état headed by his brother Tomás Gutiérrez against then president José Balta on July 22, 1872, dying in the events that took place four days later.

Early life Gutiérrez was born in Arequipa to a family of Spanish descent in March 1817, the son of parents Luis Gutiérrez and Julia Chávez. He enlisted, along with his three brothers in the Peruvian Army, with Tomás distinguishing himself above the others. He was described by historian Jorge Basadre as having frizzy hair and being fairer, more intelligent and enlightened than his brothers but thought to be "harsh and sinister." His body was taken to the nearby Church of the Orphans, but was later dragged out and hanged from a lamppost next to Tomás at the Plaza de Armas, and then again hanged from the Cathedral, being later burned in a bonfire alongside two of his brothers. Only Marcelino survived, who rehabilitated himself by fighting in the War of the Pacific.