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TIL about Alejo Garza Tamez, a 77 year old rancher in Mexico. In Nov 2010 members of the Los Zetas cartel demanded he leave his property within 24 hours. Instead, he told his workers to go home, gathered all of his weapons, and mounted a one-man defense, killing 4 cartel members and incapacitating 2

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