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Pancho Birth Story
Pancho Villa,(original name Doroteo Arango) was born June 5, 1878, Hacienda de Río Grande, San Juan del Río, Durango. As he was getting older (about 15 years old) his father passed away, no one knows how or why he pass away. For about his whole life he lived in Durango Mexico. -
After Pancho's Dad's DEATH
After his father (Agustín Arango) died on March, 18 1893 he had to do about everything. Villa was the son of a field labourer and was orphaned at an early age. In revenge for an assault on his sister. He killed one of the owners of the estate on which he worked and was afterward forced to flee to the mountains, where he spent his adolescence as a fugitive. -
Life Change
In 1910 Villa joined Francisco Madero’s uprising against the dictator of Mexico. During the rebellion, Villa, who lacked a formal education but had learned to read and write, displayed his talents as soldier and organizer. Combined with his intimate knowledge of the land and the people of northern Mexico. To place at Madero’s disposal a division of trained soldiers under his command. -
Friends
In 1912, during the rebellion of Pascual Orozco, Villa aroused the suspicion of Gen. Victoriano Huerta, but Madero ordered a stay of execution and sent Villa to prison instead. Villa escaped from prison in November and fled to the United States. -
Pancho Villa
After Madero’s assassination in 1913, Villa returned to Mexico and formed a military band of several thousand men that became known as the famous División del Norte. Combining his force with that of Venustiano Carranza, Villa revolted against the increasingly repressive and inefficient dictatorship of Huerta, once again revealing his military talents by winning several victories. -
Riding
In December 1913 Villa became governor of the state of Chihuahua. With Carranza, he won a decisive victory over Huerta. in June 1914. Together Villa and Carranza entered Mexico City as the victorious leaders of a revolution. -
Pancho Villa
In December 1914 badly defeated by Carranza in a series of battles, he and Zapata fled to the mountains of the north. In order to demonstrate that Carranza did not control northern Mexico. Villa executed some 17 U.S. -
Pancho Villa
In January 1916 and two months later attacked Columbus,New Mexico, killing about 17 Americans. U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson then sent an expedition under Gen. John J. Pershing to that area. -
Pancho Villa
Because of Villa’s popularity and intimate acquaintance with the terrain of northern Mexico, however, and because of the Mexican government’s dislike of Pershing’s presence on Mexican soil, it proved impossible to capture Villa. -
Pancho Villa
Villa continued his guerrilla activities as long as Carranza remained in power. After the overthrow of Carranza’s government in 1920, Villa was granted a pardon and a ranch near Parral, Chihuahua, in return for agreeing to retire from politics.
