"I went to my mother and told her I intended to commence a different life. I asked for and obtained her blessing, and at once commenced the career of a robber."
— Tiburcio Vásquez

January 1, 1970

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Executed peopleCriminals from Mexico
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University of Hawaii, "Resistance in California" (ID 580) attributing this to a writing in the Los Angeles Star of 16 May 1874. For further, see: Boessenecker, John (17 July 2014). Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 978-0806146812