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Mosqueda robs railroad, becomes hero
On this day in 1891 the Rio Grande Railroad was robbed of some $75,000 as
well as government mail when a train was derailed by bandits. José
Mosqueda, the leader of the outlaws, was identified as the culprit and
pursued by Brownsville city marshall Santiago Brito, and they both became
part of the folklore of the Texas Mexican community. "El Corrido de José
Mosqueda" was composed in the 1890s to commemorate the event. A version of
almost a half century later presents Brito as a coward fleeing from
Mosqueda after a skirmish and Mosqueda as a hero.
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- BRITO, SANTIAGO A.
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