Carlos Fortino Sámano was a 1st rank captain (Capitán primero) [1] of the Constitutional Army[2] under Venustiano Carranza during the Mexican Revolution.
He was accused of robbery with violence against an old lady,[3] and after a military trial was sentenced to death in 1916 and finally was executed by a Federal firing squad on 2 March 1917. Before being executed, his last will was a glass of Chile chipotle liquor, which was conceded by his executors.
Picture of Casasola
He became a well-known figure because of the picture, taken by Agustín Víctor Casasola who captured him standing before his executioners, unblindfolded, calm, smoking a cigar.[4] He was the theme of the book, by Virginie Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy, Fortino Sámano (The Overflowing of the Poem)[5] and the Greek song "Fortino Samano" (Greek: Ο Φορτίνο Σαμάνο), found in the album Samano (Greek: Ο Σαμάνος) by Thanasis Papakonstantinou.[6]
In that sources there is the claim that he was supposed to be a rebel and lieutenant of Emiliano Zapata forces.[7]