If you know anything about Mexican American History, you should know Tijerina.

If Ceasar Chavez is the Mexican American version of Martin Luther King Jr, than Reies Tijerina is the Mexican American version of Malcolm X. (except more mother fucking crazy).

Tijerina, started his own relgious cult and community by buying property and digging holes and living under car hoods in the desert.

During his religious separation, his people and community suffered a malay of “random” attacks, floods, plane crashes, violence, and destruction.

Thanks to a vision, Tijerina refocused his efforts on Mexican Land Grants, and regaining rights after the Mexican-American war.

While the man was determined, again he was attacked by a variety of mysterious events, out right attacks, and destruction.

Tijerina was so crazy, he took over a National Park, arrested the rangers, and claimed it as part of his people’s land.  His people also staged an attacked on a county courthouse.  This was not the wild west friends, this was in 1967.

This man was actually deported OUT OF MEXICO.

Please read the Wikipedia entry.  His autobiography is enough to make you believe in government conspiracies and the evil power of the man! Plus it is wildly entertaining.

-Ala