{"id":214784,"date":"2025-05-31T12:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=214784"},"modified":"2025-10-10T06:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:52:14","slug":"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">11<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art imitates life. What does that mean exactly? In the context of our discussion today, it means that even the most outlandish movie script has some scant basis in reality. A ragtag group of friends streaking across the cosmos in a rattletrap starship to battle the Galactic Empire as depicted in&nbsp;<em>Star Wars<\/em>&nbsp;is pretty outlandish. Striking out against long odds to save a kidnapped damsel, the basic concept that drove that tale, has likely actually happened somewhere before. Word monkeys like me typically take inspiration from the real world, even if our subject matter is fairly fantastic. Alejo Garza Tamez, a real-life &#8220;good guy with a gun,&#8221; will help demonstrate my point.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"Han solo, luke skywalker, and princess Leah star wars\" class=\"wp-image-214785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.50.57.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Star Wars orbited around a pretty far-fetched story. However, at its heart, there was a kernel of truth. (Photo\/Moviestillsdb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-a-quick-trivia-interlude\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">A Quick Trivia Interlude<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-human-nature\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Human Nature<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-alejo-garza-tamez\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Alejo Garza Tamez<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-global-gun-rights\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Global Gun Rights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-bad-guys\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">The Bad Guys<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-los-zetas\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Los Zetas<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-the-fuse-is-lit-for-tamez\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">The Fuse is Lit for Tamez<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-tamez-in-a-firefight\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Tamez in a Firefight<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-fallout\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-level=\"2\">Fallout<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-quick-trivia-interlude\">A Quick Trivia Interlude<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Western movies are not the standard stuff of Hollywood they once were. Back when I was a kid, the American West was fertile, dramatic ground. TV shows and big screen productions depicted flint-eyed cowboys staring down long odds to secure a little frontier justice. My personal favorite of the genre was set in Australia.&nbsp;<em>Quigley Down Under<\/em>&nbsp;was arguably the perfect Western movie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aside, the script for&nbsp;<em>Quigley<\/em>&nbsp;was first optioned in 1979 by producer Mort Engelberg. The story was originally written for Steve McQueen. It was to be his next film after&nbsp;<em>The Hunter.<\/em>&nbsp;However, McQueen succumbed to pleural mesothelioma at age 50,&nbsp;<em>Quigley<\/em>&nbsp;went to Tom Selleck, and the rest is history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.52.18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.52.18.jpg 658w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.52.18-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.52.18-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It&#8217;s tough to imagine Thomas Quigley as anyone except Tom Selleck. However, the iconic American cowboy Quigley was originally supposed to have been played by Steve McQueen. (Photos\/Moviestillsdb)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A trope in classic Western films has the hero, forlorn and woefully outnumbered, fortifying his farmhouse against a vicious coordinated attack by an overwhelming mob of savages. The protagonist pre-positions his weapons at strategic locations and fights his glorious last stand. Sometimes the cavalry arrives in the nick of time, and sometimes not. However, this basic formula is a reliable source of frontier drama. Now hold that thought\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-human-nature\">Human Nature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We all come from the factory broken. There\u2019s this lie floating about that some folks are just innately good. That\u2019s simply not the case. Mother Theresa, Ronald Reagan, Mister Rogers, and that sweet, selfless lady who taught you in kindergarten\u2014they are all dark-hearted sinners in need of redemption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.54.10.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For all have sinned. Even Mister Rogers and your grandmother.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some folks resist that sinful nature better than others, but we\u2019re all pretty icky on the inside. Regardless, Alejo Garza Tamez was, by all accounts, a pretty decent guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alejo-garza-tamez\">Alejo Garza Tamez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejo Garza Tamez was born in the summer of 1933 in Alende, Nuevo Leon, in northern Mexico. He grew up some fifty clicks south of Monterrey. Alejo\u2019s dad ran a sawmill. He and his brothers grew up helping their dad harvest, process, and sell lumber in Monetemorelos and Allende.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some folks are just born outdoorsmen. Alejo embraced that calling. As a kid, he tore about the rural spaces around his home like a wildman. Like most burgeoning real men, young Alejo thrived in the wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Alejo Garza Tamez in camo\" class=\"wp-image-214788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.55.39.jpg 1596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Alejo Garza Tamez. He doesn&#8217;t look much like John Rambo, but he really kind of was. (Photo\/Social Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As he came of age, Don Alejo developed a reputation as a man of character. Those who knew him later said that a promise from Alejo Garza Tamez \u201cwas as good as a contract.\u201d He was known to go out of his way to help his neighbors. As local orange plantations began to struggle, Alejo played a fundamental role in transforming his local farming community into poultry production. This was something that was both more reliable and more lucrative. Along the way, Don Alejo earned the respect of those who knew him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout it all, Alejo retained his enthusiasm for the outdoors, occupying his free time hunting and fishing. Don Alejo established a local club in Allende where like-minded friends could come together over common outdoor sporting pursuits. He also developed his skills as a marksman while hunting geese, deer, and doves. In the process, Alejo accumulated a decent collection of sporting weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-global-gun-rights\">Global Gun Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only four nations on Planet Earth that enshrine the individual right to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/appeals-court-non-serious-convictions-not-permanently-erase-right-keep-bear-arms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"522\">keep and bear arms<\/a> within their foundational documents&#8211;the US, Guatemala, Haiti, and Mexico. Haiti is an ungovernable hellhole. The US does a fairly decent job of taking gun rights seriously, relatively speaking. Guatemala still heaps restrictions upon individual gun rights despite what their Constitution says. Mexico pretty much ignores the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is but a single <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-york-law-mandating-background-checks-for-ammo-brutalizing-gun-shops-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"523\">gun shop<\/a> in the entire nation of Mexico, and that is run by the government. The drug cartels are armed to the teeth, but it is still a serious nutroll to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\">purchase firearms<\/a> as an individual law-abiding Mexican. Regardless, for a guy like Alejo, who was willing to go through the hoops, sporting weapons were nonetheless still on the menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.10.02.jpg 1570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nobody does guns like the United States of Freaking America. (Photo\/Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, Alejo\u2019s character and propensity toward hard work paid off. With the help of his brother, he bought the San Jose Ranch in Tamaulipas some fifteen clicks outside Cuidad, Victoria. This became the man\u2019s home. However, Fate seemed destined to bring chaos to his world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-bad-guys\">The Bad Guys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I mentioned earlier how everybody enters the world with a sinful nature. Here&#8217;s why. While some folks like Alejo Garza Tamez fight those primal urges, others simply submit to them. History is dirty with examples of pure, unfiltered monsters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.08.40.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tragically, humanity just seems to grow scumbags like this periodically. The Mexican drug cartels are cut from the same dark cloth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nazis, the Khmer Rouge, The Lord\u2019s Resistance Army in Liberia, and pretty much anything Vladimir Putin touches stand out as examples. In each case, groups of people willingly visit pain and tragedy upon their fellow man in pursuit of some short-sighted, self-centered goal. In Alejo\u2019s neck of the woods, the local villains were the Los Zetas drug cartel. I have it on reliable information that ultimate justice does indeed await those people. However, these guys can foment some serious mischief on this side of the curtain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violence in northern Mexico all comes down to money. Drug trafficking is the primary engine behind the cash, but it is the basic primal lust for wealth that drives that train. If you take folks born into abject poverty and then offer drug running as their key to opulent wealth, then you shouldn\u2019t be surprised to find plenty of takers. Along the way, such life choices invariably cost these people their souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-los-zetas\">Los Zetas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u201cLos Zetas\u201d literally translates, \u201cThe Z\u2019s.\u201d The Zetas were born of a group of ex-Mexican Army commandos who deserted and began working as enforcers for the Gulf Cartel. In 2010, the Zetas hung out their own shingle. They soon developed a reputation for ruthlessness that was simply unrivaled. Beheadings, wanton torture, human trafficking, kidnapping, and indiscriminate murder kept their economic wheels greased.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.07.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.07.11.jpg 704w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.07.11-378x300.jpg 378w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-08.07.11-150x119.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Los Zetas are just scum. They are bloodthirsty animals. Hurting people is their business model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Zetas is a designated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/leaders-los-zetas-violent-mexican-drug-cartel-arraigned-drug-trafficking-firearm-and-money\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\">international terrorist organization<\/a> today. Their influence within the formal Mexican government is both deep and pervasive. The combination of great gobs of cash and a willingness to torture innocent people to death can be terribly motivational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-fuse-is-lit-for-tamez\">The Fuse is Lit for Tamez<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For whatever reason, Los Zetas decided they needed Don Alejo\u2019s ranch to support their nefarious criminal activities. On 13 November 2010, representatives of the cartel showed up at Alejo\u2019s home and informed him that they were seizing his property. They gave him 24 hours to vacate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejo was 77 years old. He had little patience for such foolishness. Tragically, government corruption is legendary in Mexico, so he felt that he had no recourse with the formal authorities. The man directed the farm workers he employed to take the next day off and retrieved his personal weapons from his gun safe in the cellar, positioning them in various strategic spots around his home. Then he simply waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following day, a large number of heavily armed cartel sicarios arrived in SUVs. They fanned out around the building and fired warning shots into the air to prove that they were serious. Alejo responded by blowing one of the cartel thugs away. That precipitated a real-deal, full-bore gunfight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tamez-in-a-firefight\">Tamez in a Firefight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The cartel assassins attacked using <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=automatic%20rifles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\">automatic rifles<\/a> and grenades. Alejo fought back with his sporting weapons. However, Alejo had a lifetime\u2019s worth of hunting experience under his belt. He was an exceptional marksman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.57.58.jpg\" alt=\"home of Alejo Garza Tamez with visible bullet holes and a row of guns in front\" class=\"wp-image-214791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.57.58.jpg 474w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.57.58-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.57.58-107x150.jpg 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cartel shooters came ready for war. Don Alejo gave them their war. (Photo\/Social Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Neighbors heard the gunfire and alerted the authorities. Nearby Mexican Marine units responded in short order. They arrived to find four dead cartel shooters along with two more who were grievously wounded and abandoned by their peers. Once they cleared the farmhouse, the Marines discovered the body of Alejo Garza Tamez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alejo had suffered two bullet wounds\u2014one to the chest and another to the head. He had also been badly wounded by grenade fragments prior to being shot. The inside of his pulverized home was littered with shell casings. The location of his guns demonstrated the tactical wisdom that drove his epic last stand. Though it cost him his life, Alejo successfully prevented the cartel from taking his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fallout\">Fallout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Zetas built their nefarious reputation upon intimidation. They had little interest in word getting out that their vaunted private army had been bested by a lone 77-year-old farmer. They used their influence with the press and local government to suppress news of the exchange. However, a debacle of this magnitude couldn\u2019t be hidden forever. Word got out eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"home of Alejo Garza Tamez with visible bullet holes and shrapnel pattern\" class=\"wp-image-214789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.58.11.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cartel hitmen shot Don Alejo&#8217;s house to pieces. The shrapnel splash pattern underneath the window likely implies either an RPG or a 40mm grenade. However, the man never gave up. (Photo\/Social Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ MORE HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/chalino-sanchez-dead-man-singing\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"alejo-garza-tamez-always-respect-an-old-man-with-a-gun\" title=\"Alejo Garza Tamez: Always Respect an Old Man with a Gun\">Dr. Dabbs \u2013 Chalino S\u00e1nchez: Dead Man Singing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Milenio newspaper launched the story, and social media took it from there. Don Alejo soon achieved cult hero status for his steadfast resistance to cartel tyranny. In a world characterized by blood, pain, and injustice, one man\u2019s fight against the darkness galvanized the downtrodden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36-1022x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alejo Garza Tamez\" class=\"wp-image-214790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-07-at-07.59.36.jpg 1092w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don Alejo looked like somebody&#8217;s grandfather. However, when confronted by violent criminals, he showed them what it really meant to be a man. (Photo\/Social Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite his folk popularity, Alejo\u2019s death was never formally investigated by Mexican authorities. The power of Los Zetas runs deep, and no charges were ever filed. Regardless, even today, the story of Alejo Garza Tamez serves as a beacon to freedom-loving Mexicans sick to death of the relentless violence infecting their nation. 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