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(1878-1923)

Who Was Pancho Villa?

Pancho Villa started off as a bandit who was later inspired by reformer Francisco Madero, helping him to win the Mexican Revolution.

After a coup by Victoriano Huerta, Villa formed his own army to oppose the dictator, with more battles to follow as Mexican leadership remained in a state of flux. He was assassinated on July 20, 1923, in Parral, Mexico.

Early Life

Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was born Doroteo Arango on June 5, 1878, in San Juan del Rio, Durango.

Villa spent much of his youth helping out on his parents' farm. After his father's death when Villa was only 15 years old, he became head of the household.

Pancho villa biography pdf free

With his new role as protector of his household, he shot a man who was harassing one of his sisters in 1894. He fled, spending six years on the run in the mountains. While there, he joined a group of fugitives and became a bandit.

Although the specifics of what occurred in Villa's life during this time are unkno