Arriero

In Latin America, muleskinners transport coffee, maize (corn), cork, wheat, and myriad other items.

They used to be common in the Paisa Region (Antioquia and the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis) of Colombia but were replaced in the 1950s by tractor trailers called locally "tractomulas" paying homage to the mules that used to do this hard job.

The Spanish word arriero is derived from the verb arrear, which means to urge cattle or other stock to walk.

[2] "Mule Skinner Blues" is a country music song first recorded in 1930 by Jimmy Rodgers, which has inspired many subsequent variations.

The 1964 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha features a band of muleteers as one of the primary antagonists.