Quintín Quintana
CHINESE PERUVIAN CHILEAN, MERCHANT AND POLICE DETECTIVE
Quintín Quintana Lauchen (c. 1845/50 – 1902), born Liu Tang Sin Shin, Leotàn Sin-Shin, or Leo Shin, was a Chinese-Peruvian, later Chinese-Chilean, merchant and police detective. Born in China, he worked as a coolie in Peru and took a Spanish-language name. During the War of the Pacific, fought by Peru and Bolivia against Chile, Quintana joined the Chilean intelligence service and led a Chinese émigré collaboration effort against the Peruvian government.