Juan Cortina
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16, 1824–October 30, 1894), also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina and the Red Robber of the Rio Grande, was a Mexican rancher, politician, military leader, outlaw and folk hero. He is famous for leading a paramilitary Mexican force in the Cortina Wars against the United States Army, the Texas Rangers and the local militia of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. According to Robert Elman, author of Badmen of the West, Cortina was the first "socially motivated border bandit," similar to Catarino Garza and Pancho Villa of later generations. His followers were known as the "Cortinistas."
Read more about Juan Cortina: Early Life and Political Rising, The Cortina Troubles, Later Political Career, Arrest and Exile, Cortina in Popular Culture
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