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3:32 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Escaramuza: Riding From the Heart

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Before every competition, judges from the Mexican Federation of Charrería check to see that every element of tack and costume matches and conforms to FMCH rules.
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Escaramuza Charra Las Azaleas perform at a circuit competition in Coachella, California.
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Escaramuza Charra Las Azaleas team captain Sandy Torres readies herself for competition.
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Escaramuza Charra Las Azaleas’ Maribel Gutiérrez dressed in “traje de charra.”
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Escaramuza Charra Las Azaleas member Vanessa Garcia proudly carries the team banner at the National Charro Championships in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Las Azaleas are a gutsy team of women rodeo riders vying to represent the U.S. at the National Charro Championships in Mexico — where “to be Charro is to be Mexican.” Escaramuza, or skirmish, describes both the daredevil horseback ballets, ridden sidesaddle at top speed, and the intensity of the competition season. Neither life-altering challenges at home nor cartel violence across the border can keep Las Azaleas from their goal.

Airs Friday, October 19, at 8pm on Channel 5.

Watch the full episode.