The Last Pachuco
By Ray Elizondo

 

Pachuco was a nickname that the Chicanos from El Paso called themselves long before the Zoot suit fashion was introduced in the mid-thirties.  A disk jockey by the name of Tin Tan who later became an actor in the Mexican cinema, introduced the fashion with music language and much gusto.

From the barrios of Brownsville, Texas springs this tale of defiance and daring.  Ray Elizondo, a young Pachuco, bashed the skull of an attacker at a high school football game and his life changed forever.