Diego Gutiérrez y Toledo (c. 1510 – December 1544) was the first governor of Nuevo Cartago y Costa Rica Province, established by the Crown of Castile within the Captaincy General of Guatemala in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
[1] Under a new decree on November 29, 1540, the King appointed Diego Gutierrez as governor and captain to explore and populate the portion of Veragua that lay outside the Duchy.
However, the first governor, Diego Gutierrez, insisted on naming it Gobernación de Cartago y Costa Rica.
Consequently, Gutiérrez y Toledo subjected him to servitude, which prompted other indigenous groups to destroy the Spanish colony in retaliation.
Gutiérrez y Toledo and the rest of the colonists then marched into the jungle, where they were killed by the natives.