Victorio Ramirez Lopez, renowned as 'El Catore' after he killed fourteen federal soldiers during a shoot out was a very flawed man, a thief, a drunk, and, a womanizer. He had many bastards.
Somehow he ended up on the right side of the Cristero war, when the Mexican Government persecuted Catholics.
As an outlaw, the only reason he was received into the Regiment of Jalpa de Canovas, was because he was fearless and insanely brave was what El Catores fellow Cristeros Lt. Teniente Eagilio Gonzalez later told his grandson, Bob Parr.
No one really liked him. The Regiment relied heavily upon him in special missions for his outlaw skills.
He had no one.
He joined because he had nothing to lose.
No one ever really liked him but he ended up fighting for a good cause.
For a Holy Cause.
As far as his death, legend has it that someone on the Cristero side ordered a hit on El Catore.
He was a complex man in a complex world.
And so it was. His execution was fulfilled on March 17, 1929.
The life of 'El Catore' proves that everyone has a part in God's perfect plan no matter how imperfect the person.
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