37. The Friendly Norteamericanos
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid fit in smoothly in tiny Cholila, in a region that contained numerous other American and British citizens. They soon built a reputation as gregarious gringos, made friends with the local police, and even befriended the governor. Indeed, when a local cop needed a character witness, the Sundance Kid was happy to oblige and testify on his behalf.
Their log cabin hosted many of the region’s expats, and it did not take long before the duo were quite popular. Within three years of their arrival, by dint of their hard – and for a change, honest – work, the former outlaws amassed about 900 head of cattle, and 20 bulls. The infamous Wild West outlaws had successfully reinvented themselves. Then a robbery hundreds of miles away, that the duo might have had nothing to do with, brought it all crashing down.