Escribano Antón García Caro
Notario Mayor de Gobierno of Buenos Aires
In office 1588–1600
Monarch	Philip III
Preceded by	Pedro de Espinosa
Succeeded by	Francisco Pérez de Burgos
Procurador General of Buenos Aires
In office ?–?
Monarch	Philip III
Preceded by	Juan Fernández de Enciso
Succeeded by	?
Personal details
Born	1560 Carmona, Spain
Died	1624 Cochabamba, Viceroyalty of Peru
Spouse	Juana Gómez de Sanabria y Sotomayor
Occupation	Government
Profession	legal
Military service
Allegiance	Spanish Empire

Antón García Caro (1560-c.1624) was a Spanish jurist and politician, who performed legal functions during the Viceroyalty of Peru,^[1] serving as escribano and procurador of Buenos Aires.^[2]

He was born in Carmona, Seville, Spain, son of a Spanish family of Basque ancestors. He was married to María Gómez de Sanabria, daughter of Captain Juan Gómes de Sanabria and María de Sotomayor y Ruiz de Orellana, a noble woman possibly linked to the House of Méndez de Sotomayor.^[3]

Antón García Caro arrived at the Río de la Plata from Cádiz in the expedition Alonso de Vera y Aragón.^[4] He belonged to the second contingent of settlers that was established in the city of Buenos Aires after the second foundation.^[5] In 1588, Juan Torre de Vera y Aragón granted him lands located in the vicinity of Luján river.^[6]

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