Juan Bautista Bairoletto or J.B. Vairoletto (November 11, 1894 – September 14, 1941), was an Argentine outlaw born in

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, the son of

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immigrants. Bailoretto fled from justice after killing a sheriff because of "lover matters" with a prostitute in Castex, a little town in

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. This bandit was called the "Argentine

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" or ''El Robin Hood criollo'' ("The Creole Robin Hood") and became a myth in Argentina after his death. He was shot and killed on September 14, 1941 amid a police ambush at his home in

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, where he had settled some years before.

In popular culture

The 1985 film '' La Aventura de un rebelde'' describes his life as outlaw. Argentinian musician

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composed a song ''Bandidos Rurales'' about Bairoletto and others Argentinian rural bandits.

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1894 births 1941 deaths Argentine culture Argentine outlaws Argentine murderers Deaths by firearm in Argentina People shot dead by law enforcement officers {{crime-bio-stub