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| Antonio Camacho in 2009 |
Not unlike most charros, Antonio Camacho Elorriaga was born into a charro family, but unlike others, destiny put him on the first escaramuza that ever was. That was back in 1953 in Mexico City's Rancho Charro.
Antonio rode alongside his sister Guadalupe, better known as "Coco," and his brother Jose. The three other kids were from the Ruiz Loredo family: Graciela, Maria Eugenia and Arturo.
The Rancho del Charro changed its name to the Nacional Association of Charros, and is one of hundreds of charro associations, or private rodeo clubs, across Mexico. But this association has the historic privilege
of being the birth site of today's female charro sport: the escaramuza.
Antonio continues to be an active member of his life-long rodeo club of charreria, Mexico's national sport.
