prisoners of San Lucas Island. Beltrán Cortés was born on November 12, 1908, as the youngest of 18 siblings to Rosendo Cortés Madrigal and Amelia Carvajal...

Hernán Cortés, since the King worried he was becoming too powerful. As Governor of Pánuco, Guzmán cracked down hard on the supporters of Cortés, stripping...

the expedition at the last moment, an order which Cortés ignored. Arriving on the continent, Cortés executed a successful strategy of allying with some...

1938) was a Costa Rican physician and congressman. He was shot dead by Beltrán Cortés, reportedly due to an unsuccessful surgery Moreno performed on him.[citation...

Island he also ordered the release of Beltrán Cortés from the unusually public and confined cell President León Cortés Castro had ordered for him and placed...

Ricardo Cortés (born 1980), Mexican boxer Sergio Cortés (born 1968), Chilean tennis player Beltrán Cortés (1908–1984), Costa Rican murderer Corinna Cortes (born...

August 23, 1938) was a Costa Rican surgeon murdered by Beltrán Cortés. Prior to killing Echandi, Cortés also killed his boss Ricardo Moreno Cañas and would...

former leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. Beltrán Leyva was responsible...

Grijalva in 1518, Spanish conquistador Hernándo Cortés led an expedition (entrada) to Mexico. The next year, Cortés and his retinue set sail for Mexico. The...

Carlos Cortés Vargas (1883-1954) was a Colombian general, most noted for ordering the Santa Marta massacre in response to a strike of United Fruit workers...