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Jesús Arriaga, better known as ‘Chucho el Roto’, is a popular figure in Mexican culture.
Class inequalities in Mexican society forced him into a life of crime early on, but Chucho el Roto became a bandit with a strict code of honor: steal from the rich, give to the poor, and no use of violence. A true master of disguise and deceit, soon enough the spectacular deeds of this ‘Mexican Robin Hood’ earned him the admiration of the lower classes and the loathing of the authorities.
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