vaquero

“The vaquero had to reinvent techniques and strategies in a completely new context,” said Héctor Medina Miranda, a Mexican anthropologist and author.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Marciel Perez, who owns Mr. Hammer Shoes, has been selling huaraches and vaquero fashion at Plaza Mexico for over 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025

She’s a healer and he’s a vaquero, but both are still healing from a vampire attack when they were teenagers.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

When a local government official was filmed singing at a gay vaquero convention in the largely rural state of Coahuila in 2018, he was criticized widely.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

My father had been a vaquero all his life, a calling as ancient as the coming of the Spaniard to Nuevo Méjico.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

The job of refining techniques of riding and roping — while modifying gear and apparel — largely fell to the resourceful vaqueros, from the Spanish word vaca for cow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

His family members don’t understand his obsession, his weekends with other vaqueros.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

“When you come here, you feel a certain pride in being Mexican,” said Emmanuel Fernández, a 29-year-old lawyer from Mexico City who first learned about the world of gay vaqueros while living in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

Then they imported herds of cattle from Mexico and became vaqueros.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya