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Joaquin Manuel Carrillo Murrieta, known to the Califoria State Legislature as Joaquin Carrillo, was named by the State of California as one of the Five Joaquins Gang."

Joaquin Manuel Carrillo was born in Spain, before his father moved to Ures, Sonora from Spain. He was the younger brother of Jesus Carrillo. At age five, he along with his older brother would acquire the Murrieta name after his widowed mother, Rosa Hipólito de Carrillo, was remarried the Sonoran Joaquin Murrieta of Pueblo de Murrieta, soon to be the father of the famous Joaquin. Both were older Carrillo stepbrothers of Joaquin Murrieta his sisters Vicenta and Elvaira, and his younger brothers Jesús and José.

Joaquin Carrillo Murrieta came to California before 1848 and wrote his stepbrother, Joaquin to bring members of the family to California when gold was discovered.?

Joaquin Manuel Carrillo Murrieta rode with Joaquin Murrieta to avenge his brother Jesus' lynching by a mob at Murphy's New Diggins and occasionally at other times. He operated the Murrieta rancho in Cañada Molina Vallejo with Joaquin Murrieta's brother-in-law Vincente Jesus Féliz and both watched over Rosa Féliz, Joaquin Murrieta's wife who lived there following the attack on her and her husband Joaquin by American claim jumpers in their gold claim.

It has been suggested that it was Joaquin Manuel Carrillo who had the idea of organizing the horse gang for the trade to Sonora, which was first taken up by the Teodoro and Joaquin Valenzuela brothers after their arrival in California.