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Gregorio Cortez Lira (June 22, 1875 – February 28, 1916) 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.
Aug 14, 2018 · Olmos’s Gregorio Cortez represents a unique combination of traits for a western hero: strong yet sensitive, resourceful but caring, brave, passionate, and, when it comes to horses and family, emotional. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is also notable for its nontraditional storytelling choices.
gregorio CorteZ. Mexican-born outlaw and folk hero. After killing a Texas sheriff in self-defense, Cortez became both a fugitive from justice and a symbol of resistance against the Anglo occupiers of land that had once belonged to Mexico. As a result, Cortez is a Latino folk hero whose exploits have been celebrated in legends, ballads, and film.
One of the most popular corridos described a real-life figure, Gregorio Cortez, who killed two sheriffs in south Texas in 1901, and who gained folk hero status when he eluded capture by the Texas Rangers. Born in Matamoros, Mexico in 1875, Cortez toiled as a cowboy and farmer in Texas.
GREGORIO CORTEZ (1875-1916) Born near Matamoros, Mexico, on June 22, 1875, Gregorio Cortez moved with his family to Manor, Texas, when he was two years old. His family stayed in the area and Cortez learned to be a farmer and ranch hand. His reputation as a bandit began in the summer of 1901 when he killed two sheriffs and eluded the Texas ...
Annotation: One of the most popular corridos described a real-life figure, Gregorio Cortez, who killed two sheriffs in south Texas in 1901, and who gained folk hero status when he eluded capture by the Texas Rangers. Born in Matamoros, Mexico in 1875, Cortez toiled as a cowboy and farmer in Texas.
El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez has been presented as a prototype of the corrido of border conflict, a ballad form developed on the Lower Border of the Rio Grande. There a ballad community much like those of medieval Europe existed during the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries.
