The Chuparosa bank wagon robbery occurred in 1911 when a band of six Mexican banditos hijacked a wagon beloning to the Bank of Chuparosa in rural Chihuahua amid the Mexican Revolution. The bandits Luis Escamilla Dávila, Mauricio Tamayo Valentín, and Salvador Verdugo Girón attacked the wagon on the outskirts of town and attempted to abscond with it, but the American gunslingers Landon Ricketts and John Marston rode to the wagon's aid after the banker Ramon Antonio reported the wagon stolen. Marston - who had met Ricketts shortly after gunning down the banditos Génesis Coronado Valles, Berenguer Vela Sarabia, and Gregorio Orosco Aponte in town - proved his sleight of hand by gunning down Tamayo and Verdugo in quick succession after spotting the stopped wagon along the road. Luis took the wagon's driver Pedro Abeyta Fernández hostage, but Marston also succeeded in shooting him in the head and rescuing Abeyta. Marston and Ricketts proceeded to mount up as Abeyta drove the wagon back towards town, and, when faced with a bandito roadblock, Marston shot the oil lanterns on the wagon, setting the three ambushers on fire. This allowed for Abeyta to bring the wagon safely into town, where Ricketts and Marston were hailed as heroes for their good deeds.