High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rafael de Izquierdo y Gutiérrez was a Spanish Military Officer, Political Leader and Statesman who became Governor-General of the Philippines from April 4, 1871 to January 8, 1873. He was the Governor-General during the 1872 Cavite mutiny which lead to the death sentences on 41 of the mutineers including the martyrs Gomburza.Prior to being Governor-General of the Philippines, Izquierdo also acted as Governor-General of Puerto Rico from March 1862 to April 1862.