Tiburcio Vasquez was Born in Monterey in 1835. He was descended from one of earliest settlers of California. His great-grandfather arrived in California as a young man with the DeAnza expedition of 1776. His criminal career began in 1852, at 17 when he attended a local fandango with his older cousin, Anastacio Garcia. When a fight broke out, Constable William Hardmount was killed. Even though they weren’t directly involved in the killing they still fled the scene. Jose Higuera, one of Vasquez’s friends who was at the fight didn’t flee and was hanged by vigilantes the next day. While hiding in the hills with his cousin he picked up the “outlaw business”. He joined a gang of other desperados, and eventually became the leader of his own group.
The Black Hand by Chris Blatchford is a biography about Rene “Boxer” Enriquez, an East Los Angeles native and former Mexican Mafia member. The gang also known as Le Eme, or “M” in Spanish, the Mexican Mafia is out to be one of the strongest gangs in American history. The gang was established in city of Los Angeles, as well as other smaller gangs such as the well known MS-13, and Florencia-13, which are brought up and mentioned in the book on how Boxer relates to them. Even though the Mexican Mafia was not originated in Mexico, a lot of it roots and thoughts tie back from Mexico. This biography describes in depth the life of Enriquez from being just adolescence stealing fire crackers; up through the present day; an ex Mexican mafia member. Now that he is out of the gang life, he is retelling his story as a normal citizen, trying to warn others about the risks. As well as trying to get the picture through to young kids that it’s not all about getting woman, money and cars. He is trying to help others by retelling his story so they can learn from his mistakes.
Texas in early 1836, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his main force of at least 5000 men followed an inland route toward San Antonio. At the same time, Mexican General Jose Urrea with some 900 troops, left Matamoros and followed a coastal route into Texas.
This fort still stands today, built to protect the city of St. Augustine. Standing as America’s oldest masonry fort, the Castillo de San Marcos has weathered the elements for more than three hundred years. It is the tenth in a series of forts built to protect the city. The previous nine had been constructed of wood before Queen Regent Mariana of Spain finally approved the construction of a powerful masonry the Castillo de San Marcos. Work on the fort began in October of 1672 after a pirate attack did some damage to the wood fort in 1668. The new fort was constructed using coquina rock, which is a type of rock composed almost entirely of the shells of mollusks, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. Today, the fort still stands as
After the "espiritista" shooed the spirits away, Gutierrez stopped waking up at 3 a.m. and began to feel better. Eventually, she got totally healed.
With a focus on articles written by Michele Cliff, Antonio Benitez-Rojo, and Sidney Mintz. Michelle Cliff, "If I Could Write This on Fire, I Would Write This on Fire," and Abeng Antonio Benitz-Rojo, "From plantation to Plantation"; Sidney Mintz, "The Caribbean: A Sociocultural Area";
Jose Ybarra Jr. is a retired veteran from the United States Army who is currently sixty-eight years old. Mr. Ybarra was born on January 02, 1948 from a Spaniard lineage. He is not only my father, but a father to my sister Lina Ybarra Valero and brother Leon Ybarra as well. He currently resides in Harlingen, Texas and is divorced from my mother Susana Munoz.
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. He captured and killed Incan emperor Atahualpa, and claimed the lands for Spain.
Recently there was a school shooting at a high school in Florida, 17 were killed and many others were injured. This attack was carried out by a 19-year-old named Nikolas Cruz. Cruz was clearly mentally unstable and had his actions show for it. His family and friends all knew about his issues and so did schools, his fellow peers even made jokes about him shooting up the school way before the incident even occurred. Multiple tips had been received prior to the shooting and the FBI did not take action to stop this attack and warn the school.
Born Decamber 20, 1950 born of Alamos Mexico. The Marquez family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1962 where Arturo began to study violin and several other insturments at his junior high school. He also bega to compose. His adolescence was spent listening to Javier Solis, sounds of mariachi, the Beatles, Doors, Carlos Santana and Chopin.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer born in 1475 in the Extremadura region of Spain. Prior to his birth his family had lost their wealth and influence in Spain, so he was born into an impoverished family making him work as a page. When he was 6 years old he started working for a nobleman who was influential in their community. They were also explorers making Balboa grow interest in exploring. In 1500 Balboa went on an expedition led by Rodrigo de Bastidas. Expeditions were highly controlled by the Spanish Crown. The goal was to explore Venezuela and find gold. They found no gold and when they were on their way back their boat was infested with shipworms and they sailed to a close island before the ship sunk. Bastidas was accused of illegally
Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1485 to parents Piero Andrea da Verrazzano and Fiametta Capelli. His siblings were Gerolamo, Bernardo, Nicolo, and Piero (Morley). Gerolamo was the only family member that accompanied Verrazzano on his journey as a mapmaker. Gerolamo also was the one to create some of the first maps depicting the Americas (“Depression-Era Soup Kitchens”). Giovanni da Verrazzano had an excellent education in Florence, Italy, but moved to Dieppe, France, hoping to pursue a maritime exploring career. In January of 1524, King Francis I, the king of France, agreed to sponsor his trip by providing him with ships and necessary tools for the journey (Keshavarz). He is best known for discovering New York Harbor, and a bridge
*Many of the juvenile gangs that have formed in the United States in recent years are reminiscent of the post -war pachucos (Paz, 14).
The enormous Geyser field known as El Tatio can be found in the north of Chile. It is located at a height of 4,320 meters on the western slopes of the Andes Range, near the famous archaeological site of San Pedro de Atacama, situated in the heart of the impressive desert of that same name.
Jie-Lun Chou is a Taiwanese musician born on 18 January 1979. He is also an actor, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and a director. He was born to parents who taught him fine arts. His music career started when he was only four years old. The young boy loved to play piano and to listen to music when alone. Like any other child, he had hobbies, and his was playing basketball (Play it yet 1). However, he never attended college, and, thus, he did not have any good academic records. Jacky Wu, a famous TV host, discovered Jay’s talent and hard work and set his sights on making him a star.
Ramirez was born in 1960 to his Mexican immigrant parents Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. He was the youngest out of his five siblings of 3 boys and 2 girls. He grew up in El Paso, Texas, where he had a relatively normal childhood to start off with. Even though Ramirez seemed to be on a down hill spiral, his father always maintained that Ramirez was a "good boy". At the age of 12 he started to spend a lot of time with his cousin Mike, a Vietnam veteran, his cousin would show him pictures of women he had raped and tortured during his time in Vietnam. Mike would sometime take Ramirez out to the desert at night to show him how to sneak up on animals and kill them. Ramirez was taught how to use a knife and where the vital spots were on the animals. Some believe that the turning point in Ramirez's life may have been when he witnessed his cousin murder his wife. At the time Ramirez was 13 and was smoking pot with his cousin Mike when his wife came in and allegedly started to "nag" him on getting his life together and getting a job. Mike then took out a gun and shot her in the face. The blood of Mikes wife spattered onto Ramirez. After Mikes conviction Ramirez became fascinated with the photos that Mike had showed him. From being a bright young stude...