Jaime Bravo early training as a "trapezista" saved his life in the bull ring many times. A native of Mexico City, Jaime seldom fought there because he was so popular in border towns like Tijuana. Bravo also had the uncanny knack of utilizing scandal to garner headlines. During an August 1968 "corrida", playing to the tourist crowds of Tijuana, Bravo "requested the animal be spared. This, in turn, was denied, and the torero [Bravo] who refused to kill the bull was escorted to the local jail and fined". Bravo received headlines for his defiance. Only one month earlier, at a July 1968
Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gómez Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gómez Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gómez (10 December 1974 – 9 April 2014), commonly referred to by his alias "El Bravo" ("The Fierce One"), was a Mexican professional hitman and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was a close lieutenant of the former cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Manuel Alejandro Aponte Gómez was born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico on 10 December 1974. Aponte previously served in the Mexican Armed Forces and joined organized crime between the years 2000 and 2006. After meeting Guzmán, Aponte was appointed as his head of security. As