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/Chazzwazz 3d ago

The original cowboys came from Spain, after the reconquista in the xv century tho. After the colonization of central and south America the tradition and practice was carried

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u/High_MaintenanceOnly 3d ago

No in Spain dresses like cowboys

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u/Cakeo 2d ago

No one in the indigineous population of Mexico was teaching people how to herd cattle.

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u/High_MaintenanceOnly 2d ago

Agriculture was already part of of herding cattle

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u/No_Cartographer_8809 3d ago

I.e.Mexicans