Don pedrito jaramillo biography of michael jackson

Early 20th-Century Curandero and Folk Saint

Don Pedro Jaramillo was a curandero and folk saint from the South Texas Valley region.

Don pedrito jaramillo biography of michael jackson

He was known as "the healer of Los Olmos Creek" and "el mero jefe" (English: the real chief) of the curanderos.^[1][2][3][4]

Origin

Jaramillo was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Purépecha Indigenous parents.^[3][5] The Purépecha are commonly known as the Tarasco indigenous people of Mexico.

Don Pedro Jaramillo died in modern-day Brooks County, Texas on July 3, Jaramillo first came to notice when he arrived at the Los Olmos ranch near Falfurrias, Texas, announced he was a curandero, and began treating the Mexican families in the region.

At the height of his career, families from as far away as New York City would travel to seek help from Jaramillo.^[1][2]

Jaramillo's story as a curandero begins when he was suffering from a nose ailment and a