The Farmer
In Valledupar he devoted his time to working at his parent's farm and learning about agriculture. He started planting rice. Apparently he also tried to break into the illegal coffee trade by bringing contraband from Aruba with a friend named "Pipe" Socarras. He became a partygoing "parrandero" and a heavy drinker of whiskey and rum. He also started courting many women at once. On April 14, 1951 he finally got married to Marina Arzuaga Mejía, also known as "La Maye", who would give him six of his presently suspected thirty six children. (He would later divorce her after a long period of years).
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