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Carlos Fortino Sámano was a 1st rank captain ( Capitán primero) of the Constitutional Army under Venustiano Carranza during the Mexican Revolution.
He was accused of robbery with violence against an old lady, and after a military trial was sentenced to death in 1916 and finally was executed by a Federal firing squad on 2 March 1917. Before being executed, his last will was a glass of Chile chipotle liquor, which was conceded by his executors.
Carlos Fortino Sámano was a 1st rank captain ( Capitán primero) of the Constitutional Army under Venustiano Carranza during the Mexican Revolution.
He was accused of robbery with violence against an old lady, and after a military trial was sentenced to death in 1916 and finally was executed by a Federal firing squad on 2 March 1917. Before being executed, his last will was a glass of Chile chipotle liquor, which was conceded by his executors.
Picture of Casasola
He became a well-known figure because of the picture, taken by Agustín Víctor Casasola who captured him standing before his executioners, unblindfolded, calm, smoking a cigar. He was the theme of the book, by Virginie Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy, ''Fortino Sámano'' (''The Overflowing of the Poem'') and the Greek song "Fortino Samano" ( Greek: Ο Φορτίνο Σαμάνο), found in the album ''Samano'' ( Greek: Ο Σαμάνος) by Thanasis Papakonstantinou. In that sources there is the claim that he was supposed to be a rebel and lieutenant of Emiliano Zapata forces.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sámano, Fortino Year of birth missing 1917 deaths People of the Mexican Revolution 19th-century Mexican people Deaths by firearm in Mexico