El Tuerto de Pirón

It was then that he began his criminal career with his first crime, stealing the best lamb from the father of his former girlfriend and eating it with his friends in a cave in the Losana de Pirón area.

[5] After he committed his first crime, an influential person immediately asked the Civil Guard to hunt him down, so he lived as a robber, hiding in the Caves of the Vaquera and Murciganillos in Losana de Pirón and the old elm of Rascafría.

[6][7] His crimes included the theft of cattle, robbery of rich houses and churches, assaults on walkers and travelers, and the kidnapping for ransom of members of the bourgeoisie, nobility and clergy.

[10] He died at age 68 on July 5, 1914, after being imprisoned for 26 years in the San Miguel de los Reyes Prison, Valencia province.

He wears blue trousers, a brown cloth waistcoat, and a long checkered jacket or jacket; good black boots, and a wide hat or blue beret much used.According to an article published on August 16, 1921, in El Adelantado de Segovia, he would often walk through the city calmly greeting the Segovian citizens as they recognized him, but they were speechless with fear:The famous Segovian bandit did not shy away from appearing in public; taking, on the way, a seat in the cars of the land and getting off where he seemed.

Courteously saying goodbye to the passengers who had recognized him, but who were careful to let him know to avoid dangerous inconveniences.He created a small band of rustlers among his childhood friends and others from the town of Espirdo, Segovia and Madrid.

Church of Santo Domingo de Pirón, in which he was baptized on June 6, 1846.
Río Pirón a su paso por Peñarrubias de Pirón
Río Pirón as it passed through Peñarrubias de Pirón , one of the places over which he had the most control.
La Sierra de Guadarrama controlada en ambas vertientes por el tuerto
The Sierra de Guadarrama controlled on both slopes by the one-eyed man