They says she can vividly recite tales of her adventures in the days as leader of the “Adelitas,” a group of female soldiers who fought with the rebels in the Mexican Revolution — a bloody 10-year struggle that began in 1910, when she was 23. She can recall episodes, such as hiding with her children in caves to dodge solders who were trying to force people into the government army. She even has an old rifle that was given to her by a dashing revolutionary leader named Margarito Maldonado, who was one of the great loves of her life. “She is entirely lucid. She blows your mind with her stories from the revolution,” 43-year-old granddaughter Miriam Alvear told the Mexican El Horizonte newspaper. 127-year-old said to be ‘the oldest person to ever live’ | New York Post
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