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Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo: The Mexican Robin Hood

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Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo better known as the Mexican Robin Hood was born on 1829. It is unclear where he was truly born but he was baptized in Sonora, Mexico in 1830. In the year 1850 while still being a teenager he got married and migrated to California with his wife Rosita and his brother Carlos. He migrated to California to find fortune in the gold fields. As soon as arriving they built a farm and they began to work a claim near Hangtown. The same year of their arrival to California a Foreign miner’s tax was inflicted. His neighbors tried to kick them out by saying it was illegal for Mexicans to have a claim. They ignored the threats as much as they could until they were forced out of their claim. Joaquin not able to find work turned to
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