In november 13, 2010, members of the Los Zetas cartel demanded Alejo hand over his ranch property, giving him 24 hours to comply. Alejo, aged 77, refused to hand the property over. He rounded up the farm workers and ordered them to take the next day off. Alejo then took his firearms from his personal cellar and placed the weapons by his doors and windows, utilizing his large collection of hunting and sporting weapons.

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The following morning the cartel vehicles entered the ranch and were placed near the entrance to Alejo's house. The assassins fired a warning shot into the air, and proclaimed that they would forcefully seize the ranch. Garza Tamez responded with gunfire, and thus the armed gang responded by opening fire on the house, using rifles and grenades. Despite the numerical superiority of the cartel members, they were unable to take the ranch and fled before the arrival of Mexican Marines. Don Alejo took cover in the farm house, killing four of the attackers, while wounding two others.

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Mexican Navy units entered the property to find a deserted house partially destroyed by bullet holes and grenade explosions. They found six abandoned bodies on the outside of the farm, four dead and two unconscious. Inside the house they found only the body of Alejo Garza Tamez sustaining 2 bullet wounds, one in the chest and the other in the head.

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He died defending his property, his story will be told for generations in Mexico, he has turned into a legend. This is the type of man that deserves idolizing, not el chapo. Thankfully there are many corridos about him, so that means many of us do idolize him, and his story will live on forever. I wish more of us were as brave as he was to fight the cartels.

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RIP Don Alejo

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