04/24/2026
He Was a Revolutionary With a Gun – Then He Became a Columnist at the L.A. Times
Imagine pulling a gun on a rival in Mexico's congress, then a few years later writing a mild-mannered column for the L.A. Times. That's the wild true story of Aurelio Manrique Jr. He fought in the Mexican Revolution, was a governor, and even a political prisoner. But when he fled to L.A. as an exile, he landed a job at a paper that hated everything he stood for. You'd think he'd use his platform to fight for his people. But what he actually wrote will surprise you.
This dude's life is insane. Full story's here if you wanna see how he went from revolutionary to columnist: https://geni.us/CBSnews