Marino Leyba was a Desperado who is said to have been associated with Billy the Kid. On December 10th, 1880, he was shot by Pat Garrett at Puerto de Luna. According to the Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Garrett rerarked that Leyba was the “quickest man with a six-shooter” he had ever seen.

He is most famous for killing Colonel Charles Potter, step-son of Governor Vanzandt, of Rhode Island, in the Dolores Mountains in 1880.

Marino Leyba was killed in 1887 while resisting arrest near Antelope Springs, NM.  A reward of $1,200 was offered for him.