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• Antonio Rivera Cabezas was chosen vice-jefe in March 1830.
• before he stepped forward uttering the stereotyped greeting, the Texan had put him down as the jefe or head man....
• Snatching up the rifle he lit out after the jefe, who had left two jumps ahead of the smoke.
• Hilario Saño, a suspect, resident here but much doubted by the jefe local, was put to the test
• “They ain’t going to deliver the cattle across.... They’ve taken too much of a beating as it is. They’ve lost their big jefe and lots of men.”
• When they were slacking off in the mine, for example, and a jefe arrived unexpectedly, they shouted loro (parrot) or fuego (fire) as warning signals.
• A jefe in this sense is a mentor, a person who is often a compadre of the migrant.... In any case, a jefe is not a loan shark
• A jefe in this sense refers to a true boss, the leader of the household, also known as Jose Rico.