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OF THEIR COMPATRIOTS THEY WERE ADMIRED, AND FEARED, AND FOR BOTH
REASONS WERE OFTEN SHELTERED AND PROTECTED.THEY LED LIVES PLEDGED
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TO A WARFARE A6All'\ST ORGANIZED SOC ETY; MURIETA5 ACTUATED BY THE
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BLIND NG URGE OF SMOLDERING REVENGE': AND VASQUEi EITHER BY VAi N
IMPULSE,LOVE OF NOTOR ET'{ OR, AS HIS CONTEMPORARIES CONTENDED,
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S MPLY FROM PURE, NBORN CUSSEDNESS As NAT VE (ALIFORN ANS THEY
FELT THE R RACE WAS V CT MIZED AND THEIR SOCIAL RIGHTS ABUSED BY
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THE EVER NCREASING NFLUX OF THE INTOLERANT,GR/NG0~ IN MANY
CASES SUCH FEELINGS WERE ENTIRELY JUSTIFIED.
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WHEN ONf OF1HE .SUPPOSE0 MURIE1AS PAD THE PENALTY AT-rnEA6EOF24
HE HAD BEEN N THE SPOTLIGHT ONLY THREE '/EA RS . VASQUEZ WAS
MORE DURABLE. (OUNT NG THE 10 YEARS SPENT M STATE PRISOtt,r\\S
SKILL, DAR NG AND LUCK ENABLED HIM TO SPREAD A LURID CAREER
OVER A SPAN OF MORE "THAN TWO DECADES.
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VASQUEZ CANNOT BE CONS DERED THE BANDIT OF SANTA (LARA
VALLEY:' FOR HE RANGED WIDELY FROM SONOMA TO los ANGELES.
Bur OUR VALLEY WASH s WATERLOO AND N THE END IT WAS HERE
T~AT HE WAS JAILED, CONV CTED, EXECUTED AND BUR ED.

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