The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)

Gregorio Cortez is a folk hero among Mexican Americans along the Rio Grande border in Texas. In 1901, he was questioned by Sheriff W. T. (Brack) Morris regarding a reported horse theft. When asked by Sheriff Morris's interpreter Boone Choate if he had traded a horse, Gregorio Cortez truthfully told him, "No." Mr. Cortez had traded a mare (in Spanish, yegua ), which in Spanish is distinct from a…