The Old Gringo | Other Characters
Doroteo Arango
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Frutos Garcia
Frutos Garcia is a colonel in the revolutionary army; he is one of the people responsible for digging up the old gringo’s body in the opening scene. He appears periodically throughout the novel, expressing opinions about the actions of the three main characters and explaining Mexican customs to Harriet. At a certain point, Harriet recalls that it was Colonel Garcia who gave the order to kill his friend Mansalvo after Mansalvo was caught stealing gold coins from a derailed train car in Charco Blanco.
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