Simón Jiménez
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| Simón Jiménez | |
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| Born |
Simón Jiménez 1800 |
| Died | 1820 (aged 19–20) |
Simón Jiménez (1800-1820) was a famed Colombian bandit and criminal who was known by contemporaries from his early teens for his ruthless attitude to the authorities who opposed him. He experienced a quiet up bringing from his Spanish padres, but in his early teens he went off the rails. He made his money initially from selling dentures (which were made at the time with dead soldiers' teeth) but decided that such a career was not sufficiently profitable. In the years leading up to Colombia's glorious independence he became associated with the black market and the illegal bands of bandits, but was ignored by the Colombian authorities due to a series of widely publicised raids on the Spanish to capture large amounts of loot intended to pay the Spanish soldiers. The money he received from leading these raids was apparently sufficient for him to retire from his denture business. One of the more macabre ways he dealt with his enemies that brought him fear from his enemies was his practice of after the death of an enemy recovering the body and using the skull as a cup. He suffered an early death when the Colombian state tired of his antics and he was executed.[1]
Reference[edit]
- ^ Siglo 19 en Colombia (Spanish, information handout)
