Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America\'s most infamous Hispanic bandit.
Why did he become a bandido? Why did so many Hispanics protect him and his band? Was he a common thief and heartless killer who got what he deserved, or was he a Mexican American Robin Hood who suffered at the hands of a racist government? In this en.
After he was hanged as a murderer in 1875, the Chicago Tribune called him "the most noted desperado of modern times." Yet questions about him still linger.
Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America\'s most infamous Hispanic bandit