Joaquin Murrieta
Mexican outlaw (1829-1853) · Mexico · On the map · Activists · Died at 24
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo, also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican figure of disputed historicity. The novel The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta: The Celebrated California Bandit (1854) by John Rollin Ridge is ostensibly his story.
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![Artists depiction of Murrieta by Thomas Armstrong.[a]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/JoaquinTheMountainRobber.jpg/500px-JoaquinTheMountainRobber.jpg)
Artists depiction of Murrieta by Thomas Armstrong.[a]
Joaquin Murietta (1868) by Charles Christian Nahl
The head of Joaquin Murietta not taken - A strange Story - Daily Alta California' 1853!["The head of the renowned bandit Joaquin Murrieta to be exhibited...at the Stockton House on August 19, 1853. Ignacio Lisarraga of Sonora has given a sworn statement authenticating the identity of the head"[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/JoaquinMurrieta-headflyer-02.jpg/500px-JoaquinMurrieta-headflyer-02.jpg)
"The head of the renowned bandit Joaquin Murrieta to be exhibited...at the Stockton House on August 19, 1853. Ignacio Lisarraga of Sonora has given a sworn statement authenticating the identity of the head"[15]
Zorro's first appearance, in the August 1919 issue of The All-Story
About this person
Country
Mexico
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1829 to 1853 · aged 24
