Gary Cooper, as an honorable Confederate colonel who becomes a soldier of fortune in Mexico, asks the key question for this and all the South-of-the-border Westerns that followed: What gets into Americans down here?

NEWYORKER: Vera Cruz

The Freemen invited a journalist from the pro-gun magazine "Soldier of Fortune" Tuesday to conduct an interview on the ranch where they have been holed up for more than three weeks.

CNN: Authorities having trouble communicating with Freemen

In 1995, a little-known officer backed by mercenaries led by French soldier of fortune Bob Denard took power in the Comoros after poorly-equipped government troops were defeated.

CNN: Monday,