Valente Quintero was a Mexican second lieutenant who is best known for his duel against Martín Elenes Landell on March 19, 1921. Both men died on that day. He participated in the maderistas forces until his triumph in Sinaloa. He was born in the year 1887, in the small town of Bamopa, in the Badiraguato Municipality.[1] Valente's widow, Martina Ortiz de Quintero, was interviewed by Francisco Gil Leyva about the events that took place on that day.[2]
Valente Quintero's life was dramatized in music and film. Songwriter Rosendo Monzón wrote the lyrics of Quintero's last moments and his death, and Antonio Aguilar portrayed him in Valente Quintero (1973) a film which he produced and co-wrote.