Pancho Villa and his Men
Pancho Villa y sus Hombres
Pancho Villa and his Men
The image shows Pancho Villa and his men. Villa is the fourth man from the right in the front row. Pancho Villa (1878-1923) was a Mexican revolutionary leader who advocated for the poor. Though he was a killer and a bandit, many remember him as a folk hero. Born into a poor family, he learned the gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico in the end of the 19th century the hard way. After having shot the owner of the hacienda on which his family lived and worked with the age of 16, Villa ran from the law and became the leader of a group of bandits. Because of his skills as a guerilla fighter, he caught the attention of men who were planning a revolution. Since Porfirio Diaz, the sitting president of Mexico, had created much of the current problems for the poor and Francisco Madero promised change for the lower classes, Pancho Villa joined Madero and became an effective leader in the revolutionary army from October 1910 to May 1911. Together with Madero and Pascual Orozco, he commanded the troops during the Battle of Juarez, which led to the resignation of Porfirio Diaz. However, in May 1911, he resigned from command because of differences he had with Orozco. Villa married Maria Luz Corral and tried to settle down. When Orozco started a new rebellion against Madero, who had become Mexican President, Villa supported Madero together with General Victoriano Huerta. When Huerta became a Madero adversary and eventually killed him to claim the presidency for himself, Villa allied himself with Venustiano Carranza to fight against Huerta. Pancho Villa was extremely successful, but in the summer of 1914, Villa and Carranza, became enemies and fought against each other for the next several years. The United States supported Carranza, which is why Villa attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916. His attack was the first on American soil since 1812. Under the leadership of General Pershing, the U.S. sent thousands of soldiers across the border to hunt for Pancho Villa (Punitive Expedition), but they never caught him. When Adolfo De la Huerta became the interim president of Mexico in 1920, Villa agreed to retire from revolutionary life but was gunned down in 1923.
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
Francisco I. Madero and his Wife Sara Pérez
The image shows Francisco I. Madero and his wife Sara Pérez. ...
Otis Aultman photographs Pancho Villa
Photographer Otis Aultman gets exclusive photos of Mexican ...
I know my great great uncle rode with pancho villa but I think his name was Juan but that all I know
I was told my great grandfather Herminio Trejo rode with Pancho Villa can anyone confirm I seen some pictures of a soldier of Pancho Villa last name Trejo but they don't put his first name
His name was Frank poncho Reyes
My Godfather hung or rode with poncho Villa it what his obituary said I'd like to find out!
I was also told my grandfather rode with poncho villa, my father was born in 1916 he said his dad rode with him Chano Guerrero, how if any can I verify this ?
I was told my great great great grandfather was one of his top men. Pedro Garcia. Anyway anyone can verify this? My grandmother even thinks she identified him in one of the pictures on the Internet with Villa.
My great grandfather also rode with villa
Anyone know about an Alvarado that rode with him? He may be my great great Grandfather.
I was told my grandfather Jesus Jesse Garcia ride with poncho villa . He is pictured with general Adrian Castrejon, can anyone verify the man to the left of Adrian. Was told this is Jesse Garcia. He is the one pictured with the bugle .
Wow, alot of grandfathers rode with Villa. I was told the same, but now I'm starting to doubt the claims. But he did have a big army for a long time so who knows.