Don Benito (pirate)

1725, real name possibly Benito Socarras Y Aguero) was a Spanish pirate and guarda costa privateer active in the Caribbean.

Don Benito sailed his ship St. Francis de la Vega with a mixed crew of Spanish, French, and English sailors.

They may have been from the East Indiaman Cassandra, which had been captured in the Indian Ocean by England[3] then traded to Taylor, who surrendered it to the Spanish in Panama in exchange for a pardon.

[6] Confronted by the fifth-rate warship HMS Enterprise, they put their prisoners aboard the John and Mary and released it before making their getaway.

Shortly afterwards, sailors whom they’d forced into service aboard the Prudent Hannah mutinied, capturing or killing the prize crew.