LUZURIAGA, Toribio (lu-thu-re-ah'-gah), Argentine soldier, born in Juaraz, Peru, in 1770; died in Buenos Ayres in 1837. He took part in all the battles against the English army in 1806-'7 in Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, made the campaign of upper Peru during 1810, under General Balcarce, and was present at the famous retreat of the patriot army, under Castelli, in Desaguadero. In 1816 he joined the army of the Andes, where he rendered important service to the cause of Spanish-American independence. He was elected governor of the province of Cuyo in 1816, and went to Chili in 1820, and afterward joined the Peruvian army, serving in these two countries as a general, and being elected marshal of Chili. He was commissioned by San Martin to the congress that was about to be established in the United Provinces of the River Plate, and afterward continued to serve his country till his death.