Born in poverty on the Texas-Mexico border, Pancho Mendoza has risen to be a man of fame and reputation far more than the class he was born into. In his life he has been a drover, a vagabond, a comanchero, a card house owner, and most recently the commander of the communist militia band, La Legión de la Gente. A young man for all he has done as well as a devilishly handsome charmer and rogue, Pancho Mendoza is one of the most devout Marxists in the wastes and among the most colorful characters that can be found on either side of the former pre-War border.