From Left to Right: Nino (Great Grandpa Ezekiel) with Tino, Rose, and Toby Preciado.

Dad shares some stories about Nino working in the fields, working his flatulence out in the room that they shared, and working his mad game with the ladies…

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There is a story from Preciado Family folklore where Nino was talking to some guy who owed him money. They were in their home in Mixtlan back then and this guy was giving him a sob story to explain why he couldn’t pay back the money that he owed him. Nino listened very patiently and with great sympathy for the man. He was buying it all and Epifania knew he was going to let him off the hook despite their family’s desperate need for income. So she took matters into her own hands, left the room for a minute, and came back with a gun.

“You are going to pay us,” she said. “Or you’re not going to leave this house…”

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