Colonel José Antonio Vidaurre Garretón (December 22, 1798 - October 4, 1837) was a Chilean military officer who led a failed insurrection in 1837 that culminated in the assassination of minister Diego Portales.
He was born in Concepción, the son of Juan Manuel Vidaurre Ugalde de la Concha and Isabel Garretón.
On June 3, 1837, while commander of the Maipo regiment, he led a rebellion against the government of President José Joaquín Prieto and in opposition to Chilean participation in the War of the Confederation.
[2] Vidaurre immediately proceeded to attack Valparaíso[3] on the mistaken belief that the public, opposed to the war, would support him and topple the government.
On 4 October 1837 he was publicly executed on Orrego square in Valparaiso,[citation needed] and his head was displayed on a pike at Quillota.