Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Goseacochea (May 16, 1824 – October 30, 1894), also known by his nicknames Cheno Cortina, the Red Robber of the Rio Grande and...
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which paramilitary forces led by the Mexican rancher and local leader Juan Cortina, confronted elements of the United States Army, the Confederate States...
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Adela Cortina, Spanish philosopher Alfonso Cortina (1944–2020), Spanish businessman Jon Cortina (1934–2005), Spanish Jesuit priest Juan Cortina (1824–1894)...
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the only engagement of the Second Cortina War, and the final engagement of the wider Cortina Troubles. Juan Cortina, a Mexican rancher who had previously...
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1859, Juan Cortina saw Brownsville city Marshal Robert Sheers arrest and beat an elderly man who had been a ranch hand at his mother's ranch. Cortina approached...
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cousin of TV writer-producer René Balcer, sharing a common relative in Juan Cortina, a Mexican folk hero known as the Rio Grande Robin Hood. Beale, Lewis...
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Brownsville Raid was the opening act of the Cortina Troubles, a series of raids by Mexican rancher Juan Cortina into Texas. The raid was precipitated by...
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Luis Mier y Terán in Veracruz, Juan Haro in Tampico, Juan N. Méndez in Puebla, Vicente Jiménez in Guerrero, and Juan Cortina in Matamoros. "That they slowly...
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extortionate prices for clothes and cartridges. The Mexican brigand Juan Cortina made incursions into Texas before the American Civil War. In Mexico the...
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Up?". That same year, he also portrayed the Mexican historical figure Juan Cortina in "The General Without a Cause", an episode of the anthology series...
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Bolsa was a major event in the Cortina War, a series of armed confrontations between the milita of Mexican rancher Juan Cortina and elements of the United...
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controlled every major port in the Gulf. The commander of troops at Bagdad, Juan Cortina, then defected to the Imperialists. Santiago Vidaurri, the governor of...
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military goods under the watchful eyes of 400 Union troops as well as Juan Cortina and his soldiers on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande. The next month...
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fought the Comanche in the Battle of Little Robe Creek in 1858 and then Juan Cortina in the Battle of Rio Grande City the following year with Capt. Peter...
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Cooley (1845–1876) Brack Cornett (1859–1888) Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916) Juan Cortina (a.k.a. "The Red Robber of the Rio Grande") (1824–1894) "Longhair" Jim...
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soldiers crossed the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Mexican nationalist Juan Cortina.[RL30172] [1859 Mexico] 1859: China: From July 31 to August 2, a naval...
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gang leaders was Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, who had been a General in the Mexican army during the Mexican–American War. For years Cortina had raided settlements...
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the pursuit of Juan Cortina after he attacked Brownsville in 1859. He enlisted to fight against Juan Cortina during the First Cortina War (1859–1860)...
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assigned to Brownsville, in south Texas, where the local Mexican rancher Juan Cortina had launched an attack and briefly occupied the town and later conducted...
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during his life he served as a soldier and the leader of the spy ring of Juan Cortina. In addition, he wrote poetry and proverbs. Carlos Esparza was born in...
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inconclusive battle in the Rio Grande Valley against Mexican bandit Juan Cortina. Despite these efforts, the Rangers failed to secure peace on the frontier...
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the First Cortina War. Following the Brownsville Raid, on September 28, and a few skirmishes with the Texas Rangers, rebel leader Juan Cortina led his small...
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engaged the local Tejano leader Juan Cortina (who had invaded Zapata County, an event usually referred as the Second Cortina War), and drove him back into...
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Juanín (footballer, born 1925) (redirect from Juan Cortiñas)
Juan Cortiñas Méndez, known as Juanín (born 24 October 1925) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Monforte de Lemos...
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only to be violently captured by Juan Cortina as enemies of Mexico. Riley, wounded in his thigh, is nursed by Cortina's woman Marta. News arrives that the...
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"Latinos: Juan Cortina" (PDF). Smithsonian Repository. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 August 2020. "Juan Nepomuceno Cortina and the 'First Cortina War'"...
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Rangers, under Leander H. McNelly, opposed the Mexican rebel leader Juan Cortina. The Rangers also raided the Fisher Ranch and arrested Fisher. However...
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Kenedy, King and Co. despite competition. In the 1850s the Cortina Wars started, Juan Cortina, an enemy of Stillman's, led some attacks on the King, Kenedy...
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Stoneman of the 2nd Cavalry and Captain Tobin's Texas Rangers against Juan Cortina in the Battle of Rio Grande City.: 268 In 1861, Ford served as a member...
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several occasions, he was appointed Chef de Mission: for the Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956), the Summer Games in Rome (1960), and the Summer Games...
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