Gregorio Cortez
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 108 years ago |
Date of birth | June 22,1875 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Matamoros |
Mexico | |
Date of died | February 28,1916 |
Died | Anson |
Texas | |
United States | |
Criminal charge | Horse theft |
Conviction(s) | Second-degree murder |
Job | Criminal |
Spous | Leonor Diaz; Estefana Garza; Esther Martínez* |
Played by | Antonio Banderas |
Convict | Horse theft , Second-degree murder (life sentence) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 547436 |
Gregorio Cortez Life story
Gregorio Cortez Lira was born in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico on June 22, 1875 and became a folk hero to the border communities of the United States and Mexico. After an altercation in which he killed Sheriff W. T. Morris, Cortez went on the run from the Texas Rangers for thirteen days.