Pedro Gonzales (zoologist)
Pedro Gonzales May mean: A person * Pedro Gonzales (Five Joaquins Gang) two men of that name belonging to the Five Joaquins Gang. In Media * Pedro Gonzales, cartoon character in El Nombre ''El Nombre'' is a children's educational programme about an anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic Mexico, Mexican gerbil character, originally from a series of educational sketches on ''Numbertime'', the BBC schools programme about mathematics. He ...

Pedro Gonzales (Five Joaquins Gang)
Pedro Gonzales (? - June 1852), origins unknown, possibly a Sonoran, was killed in July 1852 by Harry Love at what is now the Conejo Grade. He was a known member of the Five Joaquins Gang riding with Joaquin Murrieta's band, as published in newspapers of the time. Another Pedro Gonzales, also a member of the Gang, a Californio that rode with Joaquin Valenzuela, and was killed on July 25, 1853 at the battle of the Arroyo Cantua, was uncovered decades later by the research of Frank F. Latta. Pedro Gonzales (Murrieta's band) The ''Los Angeles Star'' had noted Pedro's death in an earlier news item noting he had been captured by Harry Love and his partner after tracking him to Mission San Buenaventura. Pedro was shot while fleeing the custody of Harry Love on the Cuesta del Conejo in mid June 1852.''Los Angeles Star'', June 19, 1852, Prisoner Shot, Los Angeles Star, June 26, 1852, quoted from Seecrest, William B., The Man from the Rio Grande, A biography of Harry Love, leader o ...
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Five Joaquins Gang
The Five Joaquins were a mid-19th-century outlaw gang in California which, according to the state legislature, was led by five men, identified as follows: "... the five Joaquins, whose names are Joaquin Murrieta, Joaquin Ocomorenia, Joaquin Valenzuela, Joaquin Botellier, and Joaquin Carrillo, and their banded associates." Operating between 1850 and 1853, during the California Gold Rush, the gang, joined by Murrieta's right-hand man, known as Three Fingered Jack, was reputed to have been responsible for most of the horse theft, robberies, and murders committed in the Mother Lode area of the Sierra Nevada. They were accused of stealing more than $100,000 in gold and over 100 horses, as well as killing at least 19 people, and had outrun three armed posses, killing three lawmen. Republished with introduction and additional translation by Luis Leal as ''Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta: His Exploits in the State of California'', Arte Publico Press, 19 ...
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