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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2007 
Zorro Gets Statue in Mexican Home Town
 Agence France-Presse
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| | Still image from a Zorro movie featuring actor Antonio Banderas. (AFP) |
Mexico City - The masked man in black, El Zorro, a fictional defender of townspeople played on the silver screen by Antonio Banderas and Douglas Fairbanks, Wednesday was honored with a statue in his home town.
Barranca del Cobre is the dusty town in Sinaloa state where according to legend Don Diego de la Vega, a fictional nobleman who defended farmers and ranchers against evil governors and assorted wrongdoers, fought the good fight.
Tourism chief Antonio Ibarra unveiled a statue in his honor, hoping it will lure tourists to learn about the legend and the town. |
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