Juan Moreira

The first thirty years of his life were relatively uneventful, working in rural areas until he could buy his own ranch, some cattle, and land for farming.

Moreira devoted his free time to perfecting his skill on the guitar, which attracted the attention of Vicenta, the daughter of a local rancher.

The Deputy Mayor of the area, known as Don Francisco, had also fallen in love with La Vicenta, so as a form of vengeance he began charging Moreira fines for everything he could think of, real or imaginary.

He spent much of this part of his life wandering through different towns and cities of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, including Navarro, Las Heras, Lobos, Veinticinco de Mayo and the lands of the Indian Cacique Coliqueo.

Moreira fought like a wild animal against the police, and he was at the point of leaping over the wall which separated him from his horse when he was bayoneted in the left lung by one of the officers, Sergeant Chirino.

[2] The most important of these films, Juan Moreira was directed by Leonardo Favio in 1973, starring Rodolfo Bebán as the title character.

The night of his death was fictionalized by Jorge Luis Borges in a short story, La noche de los dones.