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Francisco "Pancho" Villa (UK: / ˈ p æ n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː ə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [3] [4] US: / ˈ p ɑː n tʃ oʊ ˈ v iː (j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE-(y)ə, [3] [5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution.
The Pancho Villa Expedition—now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition, [6] but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, US Army" [1] —was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution of ...
The Francisco Villa Museum (also, the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution) is dedicated to the life and times of the Mexican Revolutionary, Francisco "Pancho" Villa. The museum is in Chihuahua , Chihuahua , Mexico , and is housed in the former estate of General Francisco Villa and his widow, María Luz Corral de Villa.
Thanksgiving day 1917 news: Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his men had robbed a Mexican central Line train of $70,000, some merchandise and some horses.
Mexico’s president on Tuesday praised Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, a raid that killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians.
Life of Villa is a 1912 silent war documentary set during the Mexican Revolution. Though some scenes are re-enacted after it happened, the movie is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz .
The Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong is a National Historic Landmark District commemorating the 1916 raid by Pancho Villa on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and the American military response to that raid, the "Punitive Expedition" led by General John J. Pershing.
General Rodolfo Fierro (1885 – 14 October 1915) [1] was a railway worker, railway superintendent, federal soldier and a major general in the army of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution in the Division del Norte.