Antonio Correa Cotto a.k.a. Correa Cotto (1926-May 1954) born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was the first outlaw to gain legendary status in the island. Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the month of May. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ponce, the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area is named after the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. ...

Antonio Correa Cotto

Correa Cotto was a criminal who robbed anyone and murdered at the slightest provocation. He started his criminal career as a child and by the time he was a teenager he had amassed a long criminal police record. Unlike other criminals who had committed crimes and were generally romanticed, Correa Cotto created a sense of fear and had the region of Ponce terrorized. He was captured for a murder which he committed and sentenced to jail, however he soon escaped and went into hiding.

The authorizes placed a $10,000 (U.S. Dollars) bounty on his head, either dead or alive. On May 1954, the police was forewarned that Correa Cotto was living in a farm on the outskirts of the City of Ponce. When the police arrived, they asked him to surrender, but he answered by firing his gun. The police then fired on Correa Cotto, killing him.

$10,000 Bounty Reward

A total of three movies have been made about the live of Correa Cotto. On the movie "Correa Cotto:Asi me Llaman" (Correa Cotto: That's how they call me), (1968) produced by Antony Felton, shows the popular impact that the crimes of Correa Cotto had on the Puerto Rican society of the 1950s. In "La Vengeanza de Correa Cotto" (The Vengence of Correa Cotto) (1969), produced and directed by Jeronimo Mitchel and Anthony Felton with the participation of Miguel Angel Alvarez and Lucy Boscana, the producers attempt to look into the human and intimate side of Correa Cotto. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Miguel Angel Alvarez a. ... Lucy Boscana (1915 – May 24, 2001) born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, was an actress and a pioneer in Puerto Ricos televison. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ...

External link

• Movies about Antonio Correa Cotto