Tequilero de Primera is a certification bestowed upon someone who has completed an approved seminar on genuine tequila and is hereby accorded the designation of Tequilero and, as such, is authorized to promote authentic tequila from Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. Seminars and eventual certification can be obtained from the Western Mexican state of Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

 from where tequila originates.

The term "tequilero" also refers to Mexicans who helped to smuggle alcohol into the United States during the Era of Prohibition

Prohibition in the United States

Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...

 from 1920 to 1933, a time when the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

outlawed the sale, manufacture, and transportation of non-religious alcohol.