A Bandito's Hideout - Present History

In the mid 19th century notorious bandit Tiburcio Vasquez robbed and killed up and down the coast of California. Join us as we explore his favorite hideout, Vasquez Rocks - a location which has also been used as a backdrop in countless film and television productions.
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[@diannemclaughlin6332]

I just found out that his Uncle Jose Tiburcio Vasquez is my 5th grandfather on Ancestry DNA!

[@omarismail9300]

How?

[@BrokeNerfing]

Tiburcio is my grandmathers great uncle.

[@diannemclaughlin6332]

@@BrokeNerfing We are related!

[@lucasparis7284]

But the question is. Did he get a promotion?

[@user-nn6nq8kv3y]

Outlaw, no bandido.

[@jamescrt1662]

Your my inspiration

[@vafflin851]

you're*

[@LLV1915]

You people call him "bandido" we call him Hero.

[@Twsuf1]

Thank You! He is a Mexican American Hero and Nobleman as Joaquin Murrieta was. How blatantly Racist it was, actually to be honest nothing has changed only for the white man's black pet.

[@LLV1915]

@@Twsuf1 define what a so called Mexican American is?

[@Twsuf1]

@@LLV1915 are you from Mexico? Is that why you are asking? As though you don't know

[@LLV1915]

@@Twsuf1 Mexican American is a term used my white people to take away our roots little by little..I could have been born on the moon ..I would still be a Mexican.

[@Twsuf1]

@@LLV1915 believe me most Mexican Americans have not forgotten their roots. What do you mean by roots because most of us don't speak Spanish?