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Felix Martínez de Torrelaguna was acting Governor of New Mexico from 1715 to 1716.Felix Martínez de Torrelaguna was born in Alicante in Valencia Spain.He became a senior officer under Diego de Vargas who recruited by him in 1693 at Zacatecas.He fought well during the reconquest of New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 serving as adjutant to Vargas then as commander of El Paso del Norte and from 1703 captain of the Santa Fe presidio.On 3 June 1715 Felix Martinez assumed command of the Santa Fe Presidial Company from Antonio Valverde y Cosío.The Viceroy appointed Felix Martinez to succeed Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon as governor of New Mexico and he took office in Santa Fe on 1 December 1715.