Joaquin Jackson was a Texas Ranger from 1966-1993.Joaquin Jackson was assigned to a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border from 1966 to 1993. He was involved in a shootout at the Carrizo Springs jail that ended a prison revolt. He captured "The See More Kid," an elusive horse thief and burglar who left clean dishes and swept floors in the houses he robbed. He investigated the 1988 shootings in Big Bend's Colorado Canyon and tried to understand the motives of the Mexican teenagers who terrorized three river rafters and killed one. While a Texas Ranger, Jackson was instrumental in starting the career of country singer Johnny Rodriguez. In 1969, a teenage Rodriguez was jailed and would often sing in his cell; Jackson, who overheard Rodriguez and was impressed by his voice, told his friend, music promoter "Happy" Shahan, about him, and Shahan then hired Rodriguez for his first singing gigs. After retiring from the Texas Rangers in 1993 Jackson moved into private investigations, writing his memoirs, public appearances, acting and working as a technical advisor to movie and television productions. Joaquin Jackson passed away at his home in Alpine, Texas on June 15, 2016. He was eighty-years old at the time of his death.