His name is Oswaldo Gonzalesbut everyone knows him as ‘django’. This Peruvian criminal has a movie story. Even his life was taken to the cinema with the tape “Django, the other side”. This is because, in the underworld, he is a legend: he robbed at least 100 banks, escaped from Lurigancho and the now-defunct El Sexto prison, and amassed a fortune. But after living behind bars and delinquency, his life took another course.
In 2018, it became known that one of the most popular thieves in the country exchanged weapons for the bible. But what is his story and how did he go from being a seasoned gunslinger to a religious one? Coming up next, we tell you.
Who is Oswaldo Gonzáles, better known as ‘Django’, and what is his story?
Oswaldo Gonzales He was born in the Sitacocha district, in the Cajamarca region. He was orphaned at a very young age, so he had to migrate to Callao, Lima. He lived with his aunt and in his teens he got to know the world of crime.
His first robbery was committed when he was serving in the Armed Forces. He ran away from the barracks with a group of friends after stealing a vehicle. At that time, he was only 18 years old.
Thus, “Django” would initiate a series of crimes that would lead him to remain for 42 years in different prisons in Peru. At the age of 22, he was recognized as a feared bank robber and, in later years, he joined gangs such as Los Norteños or Los Destructores.
“I was robbed of a bank at breakfast, one at lunch. Several bank agencies (I stole) (…) But God took care of me, he kept me,” Oswaldo Gonzáles told the “Al Sexto Día” program in 2018.
In these robberies, ‘django’ he used to intimidate his victims with two firearms. He robbed more than 100 banks and amassed a fortune of at least S/20 million. However, as revealed to the aforementioned media, he never got to kill a person.
In what prisons was Oswaldo Gonzáles, the popular ‘Django’, held?
Oswaldo Gonzales He became a frequent prisoner in the prisons of Peru. His crimes led him to be confined in the prison of El Frontón, Castro Castro, Cachiche, Lurigancho, the now disappeared El Sexto penitentiary, among others.
In 1972, he fled from El Sexto, while the following year he escaped from Lurigancho, amid a hail of bullets. In 1980, when he was in prison, he received a visit from two Puerto Rican priests. “They told me that the one above had a plan for me. I did not understand anything, but years later those words were fulfilled, “he said in 2019 to a local media.
What happened to Oswaldo Gonzáles after leaving prison?
“Before it was ‘Django’ to the world. But now it’s ‘Django’ for God,” Gonzáles declared in 2018. In 1990, after getting out of prison, he decided to buy a piece of land in Puente Piedra and take a different direction in his life.
The remembered criminal became a preacher and began visiting prisons and rehabilitation centers to promote the word of God among people who have problems with the law. In addition, he declared in 2018 to a local media outlet that he does not plan to return to prison.
When was “Django, the other face” released, the film that was inspired by the life of Oswaldo Gonzáles?
“Django, the other side” it premiered in 2002. The actor who gave life to the central character of the film, whose plot was inspired by the story of Oswaldo Gonzáles, was Giovanni Ciccia. The film was well received by the Peruvian public. It was so that in 2018 a new sequel was launched, which was called ‘Django, blood of my blood‘.
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