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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.
Gregorio Cortez was a Mexican man born on a ranch near Matamoros, Mexico, in 1875, as the "seventh child to a family of eight." [17] Cortez, his parents, and his eight siblings moved to Manor, Texas, in 1887. In 1889, Cortez joined his older brother, Ronaldo, in Karnes County, near Gonzales, Texas. They both worked for farmers as ranch hands ...
Here is the English version of variant I of the ballad that Paredes included in his book: "Gregorio Cortez was riding/ With his Pistol in His Hand/'I don't regret having killed them;/ I regret my brother's death.'/ He struck out for Piedras Negras,/Without showing any fear,/'Follow me, cowardly rangers, I am Gregorio Cortez.'/
Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916), Mexican folk hero Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), the Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire Heidi Cortez (born 1981), American actress, model and writer
English Spanish: Box office: $804,963 [1] The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez is a 1982 American Western film directed by Robert M. Young [2] ...
Américo Paredes (September 3, 1915 – May 5, 1999) was an American author born in Brownsville, Texas who authored several texts focusing on the border life that existed between the United States and Mexico, particularly around the Rio Grande region of South Texas.
Carla Gugino as Ingrid Cortez, also an OSS agent and mother of Juni and Carmen; Alexa Vega as Carmen Cortez, daughter of Gregorio and Ingrid, OSS agent and Juni's older sister who goes missing; Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez, Carmen's younger brother, and a retired OSS agent turned private detective who is called out of retirement to rescue her
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