El Ladrón Solitario

The Lone Thief

El Ladrón Solitario

I'm gonna sing a balladVoy a cantar un corrido
About a case that happenedDe un caso que sucedió
On February 10thEl día 10 de Febrero
A tragedy occurredUna tragedia paso

The officer on the roadEl federal de camino
Was killed by a thiefPor un ladrón se mató
The officer on the roadEl federal de camino
Was killed by a thiefPor un ladrón se mató

Joaquín goes to CuilapaSe va Joaquín a Cuilapa
To service his carA hacerle servicio a su carro
He came back in a taxiSe regresó en un taxi
But he was overconfidentPero el venia confiado

He never imaginedÉl nunca se imaginaba
That death was waiting for himQue la muerte lo esperaba
He never imaginedÉl nunca se imaginaba
That death was waiting for himQue la muerte lo esperaba

He was arriving at my stopIba llegando a mi pilla
The driver was already scaredEl chófer ya iba asustado
He told the passengersLe dijo a los pasajeros
That the robber was thereQue ahí estaba el asaltante

The officer saidAhí le dice él federal
Stop, I'm gonna arrest youDetente los voy a arrestar
The officer saidAhí le dice él federal
Stop, I'm gonna arrest youDetente los voy a arrestar

The officer very braveEl federal muy valiente
Got out of the taxiDel taxi el se bajo
Asked for his IDLe pidió su credencial
And Félix didn't refuseY Félix no se negó

I'm the commander of the checkpointSoy comandante del paso
And I have my .32Y traigo mi 32
I'm the commander of the checkpointSoy comandante del paso
And I have my .32Y traigo mi 32

The officer saidAhí le dice él federal
You can't carry that weaponEsa arma no la puede portar
He took him by the handAhí lo tomó de la mano
And tried to handcuff himY lo quiso esposar

Félix pulled out his gunFélix sacó su pistola
Shot him twiceDos balazos le metió
The officer very braveEl federal muy valiente
Fired his gunSu pistola le descargo

Leaving him dead right thereDejando ahí ya había muerto
And the wounded man remainedY el baleado quedó
Leaving him dead right thereDejando ahí ya había muerto
And the wounded man remainedY el baleado quedó

The officer was in critical conditionEl federal quedó grave
The taxi took himEl taxi se lo llevó
To the Ometepec thronesA tronos de Ometepec
To try to heal himPara poderlo curar

The regional hospitalEl hospital regional
Couldn't save himYa no se pudo salvar
The regional hospitalEl hospital regional
Couldn't save himYa no se pudo salvar

Those men killed each otherEsos hombres se mataron
They were brave menEran unos hombres valientes

The officer from DurangoEl federal de Durango
And Félix Santiago from the checkpointY Félix Santiago del paso
The officer from DurangoEl Federal de Durango
And Félix Santiago from the checkpointY Félix Santiago del paso

I'm gonna say goodbyeYa me voy a despedir
I sang you this balladYa les canté este corrido
About the officer on the roadDel federal de camino
And the lone thiefY del ladrón solitario
About the officer on the roadDel federal de camino
And the lone thiefY del ladrón solitario