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/SeamenGulper 3d ago

I mean, not really lol, Tejanos are chill af. This is taught in most state history classes but of course you wouldnt know that