r/nextfuckinglevel 3d ago

Mexican 'cowboy' stopped armed robbery

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u/Justeff83 3d ago

A Mexican cowboy is called vaquero or charro and they are the original cowboys. The American settlers learned how to herd cattle from Mexican immigrants

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Yup

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u/absat41 3d ago

Don’t tell that Texans ; they get mighty upset. 

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u/SausageSmuggler21 3d ago

Aren't Texans just Mexicans that were annexed by the US?

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u/Cultural_Dust 3d ago

Like old school Greenlanders...

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u/CMFC99 2d ago

Pretty much, although we fought for independence from Mexico and became our own country, the Republic of Texas, for 9 years before being annexed and joining the US.

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u/Murky-Peanut1390 2d ago

And most Mexicans are of European descent