History of Funes

Our battles: The writer Neftali Rivera Benavides, in one of its most important historical accounts referred in the following terms, the most significant gesture, fought on the territory of Funes: The first and the last battles of the war of independence for independence of Colombia were fought in Funes, the first on October 16, 1809 in tarabita of " Mexico "and the second in the village of Sucumbios the June 12, 1825.

Tarabita Battle of Mexico

The ten (10) August 1809 occurred in the city of Quito the first cry of liberty, and constituted a board of government to be exercised in that country, the authority previously wielded the Spanish monarchs. One of the first steps of that meeting was the organization of a regular army to march on grass, in order to seek the annexation of its territory to Ecuador.