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Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa was born June 5, 1878 at the Hacienda de Rio Grande, San Juan del Rio in the North Coastal Mexican State of Durango. His real name however was not Pancho Villa, he got that name later in his life. His parents gave him the name Doroteo Arango. Doroteo's parents, Arango, and Micaela Arambula Arango were part of the peasant class called, peons. The parents were very fortunate to be married, because the cost was very high and most peons could not afford it. Like most peon families the Arangos worked on a haeienda or a large ranch as slaves. They worked on a haeienda owned by the family of Don Arturo Lopez Negrete. Since he never had the opportunity to attend school he tried to learn a lot about ranching. Doroteo learned to ride a horse well, and shoot different types of guns with deadly accuracy. He also gained a feel for the land, and learned how to slaughter cattle and dry the meat.
In 1890 at the age of twelve his father died, leaving him to take care of two younger sisters, two younger brothers, and his mother. He worked hard trying to support his family by collecting wood to sell.
One day when he was 16 he returned from the field, and to his horror he found a man named Don Agustin Lopez Negrete raping his 12 year old sister. He pulled out his revolver and shot Lopez Negrete once with a deadly wound. As the man lay bleeding on the floor Doroteo wondered what he could do. Surly if he stayed he would be killed. So that was that. He decided that he would run away to the mountains and try to avoid the Mexican authorities. He changed his name to Francisco Villa (I have read of many different versions of this story including: Changing his name to Francisco Villa but being called Pancho Villa; keeping his birth name until he joined a pose of bandits, and when the leader died he assumed the leaders name, Pancho Villa; renaming himself after a bandit from the early 1800s named Pancho Villa.) to help him to avoid the law. During the day Francisco would rest, and during the night he would hunt, rob, and travel. Sometimes he had to kill people to survive, but he could not think twice. He found odd jobs as a cowboy on ranges, or in Chihuahua city, however he could never stay for long , because he was always being hunted by the police.
He joined a band of outlaws led by Ignacio Parra. This is when I believe people started calling him Pancho Villa instead of Francisco (Some sources say that the original Pancho Villa was a notorious Mexican outlaw of the early nineteenth century.) The band of outlaws, particularly Villa were famous for being "The Mexican Robin Hood." They would rob from the rich and then share their wealth with the peon families they encountered on their journey. They wanted all children to be able to attend schools, and they wanted all working adults to own their own land.
In 1908, Villa was considered the chief bandit in Durango Sonaora and Chihuahua. He started to add bank robbery, and cattle rustling to his list of crimes. The dictator in Mexico at the time, President Diaz was widely disliked, and revolts against him were starting to be a concern. He had been self elected eight straight times, but people were worried about speaking out. A strong supporter of the movement against Diaz was Francisco I. Madero. He spread the message that Diaz had stolen land from millions of Mexicans. Madero believed that land would be returned if Diaz did not re-elected himself. The Mexican people were eager to listen to him. They were sick of Diaz and his poor government, and they wanted their freedom back. Diaz began to get scared of Madero, and he was not sure what this one man could cause. Madero formed a election group called "Viva Maderos." A while later the anti-reelection party nominated Maderos as their candidate for president.
Diaz saw trouble brewing, and had Madero arrested. Abraham Gonzalez another strong believer of Madero, was recruiting guerrilla warfare (a tactic of fighting which simply put is hit and run.) leaders. In the fall of 1910 he sent for Pancho Villa. When Gonzalez explained Maderos' cause, Villa was very impressed that someone was daring to challenge Diaz. This point marked a large change in Villas' life from ruthless bandit to revolutionary hero.
Villa promised to recruit the army needed, and he did. He recruited eager peons, fellow bandits, vaqueros, and even Americans, who were in support of the Mexican Revolution. Adding to a resent string of good luck Pancho was having, Madero escaped in October, from his imprisonment in San Luis Potosi.
Madero went to San Antonio Texas and made himself Provisional President of Mexico. Madero called for the people of Mexico to revolt against the land owners and seize their land back! Villa got the word from Gonzalez to attack. Villa began attacking small towns and giving land back to the peons. His first attack was on a town called San Andres, Chihuahua. He claimed the victory for Maderos and the Revolution!
In March 1911 Villa and his army met with Provisional President Madero. Villa described Madero "Here is one rich man who fights for the people. He is a little fellow but he has a great soul. If all the rich and powerful in Mexico were like him, there would be no struggle and no suffering, for all of us would be doing our duty and what else is there for the rich to do if not to relieve the poor of their misery?" Madero pardoned all of Villa's crimes for his services but Pancho Villa was by no means finished with his part in the revolution.
Pancho continued to raid towns and small cities and won most of the battles. In April 1911 Madero and about 2,000 men set up a camp across the Rio Grande from El Paso to Juarez. At this camp there were many leaders from around the world, including Villa. They named the camp "Peace Grove" but it was anything but peaceful. On April 9th and 10th, a group of revolutionists led by Garibaldi, Orozco, and Villa, attacked across the river to Juarez and took control of the city. This victory made Madero president of Mexico.
Pancho set up a butcher shop in Chihuahua City. A year later in March 1912 Villa got a message from Madero that Orozco was now leading a revolt against Maderos' government. They had several battles. Maderos ordered Villa to serve under General Victoriano Huerta, but Villa did so reluctantly. Pancho's instincts proved correct. Huerta ordered Villa executed on June 3rd 1912. He was saved by a last minute pardon from Raul Madero (Pres. Maderos Brother) and General Francisco Castro of the Federals.
Villa was sent to prison , but soon escaped with the help of a clerk. Pancho later found out that Madero was assassinated in Mexico City on February 22, 1913. Several days later Gonzalez was murdered. Pancho realized that Huerta was behind this. He raised an army of 10,000 which he named Villa's Division of the North. 1913-1914 was a straight line of victories for Villa. In July 1914 Huerta fled Mexico.
Villa was also a pain in the neck of America. On October 19, 1914 President Wilson officially recognized Carranza as the head of Mexico. Carranza troops were favored by the Americans over Villa, and were aloud to pass though America. On November 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 1915, Pancho was defeated brutally in battles against Carranza. Villa felt like he had been betrayed by America There were many more boarder attacks on America, all of which Villa was blamed for, however it has never been proved that he was connected. These incidents brought about Pershing Punitive Expedition. This was a group of American soldiers who were supposed to capture Villa. It lasted for 11 months, but they never caught the sneaky little basted.
Carranza's government was overthrown in 1920!!! Pancho had finally won freedom for Mexico. On July 28, 1920 Pancho Villa signed a peace pact, under President de la Huerta. He got a large estate, and a lot of money, for himself, and 500 Dorados.
After being retired for only three months he was ambushed and killed while leaving his estate. He was buried in a small cemetery, but was later reburied in Mexico City along with other revolutionary heroes, in a memorial to the Mexican revaluation.
Pancho Villa's Dream
By John Reed
It might not be uninteresting to know the passionate dream-the vision which animates this ignorant fighter, "not educated enough to be the President of Mexico." He told it to me once in these words: "When the new Republic is established there will never be any more army in Mexico. Armies are the greatest support of tyranny. There can be no dictator without an army. "We will put the army to work. In all parts of the Republic we will establish military colonies composed of the veterans of the Revolution. The State will give them grants of agricultural lands and establish big industrial enterprises to give them work. Three days a week they will work and work hard, because honest work makes good citizens. And the other three days they will receive military instruction and go out and teach all the people how to fight. Then, when the Patria is invaded, we will just have to telephone from the palace at Mexico City, and in half a day all the Mexican people will rise from their fields and factories, fully armed, equipped and organized to defend their children and their homes. "My ambition is to live my life in one of those military colonies among my companeros whom I love, who have suffered so long and so deeply with me. I think I would like the government to establish a leather factory there where we could make good saddles and bridles, because I know how to do that; and the rest of the time I would like to work on my little farm, raising cattle and corn. It would be fine, I think, to help make Mexico a happy place."
HAHA this is so evil i love it I HOPE THIS HELPS U OUT PLEASE CHANGE IT A LITTLE SO IT WONT BE MY WORK :-)
Pancho Villa was born June 5, 1878 at the Hacienda de Rio Grande, San Juan del Rio in the North Coastal Mexican State of Durango. His real name however was not Pancho Villa, he got that name later in his life. His parents gave him the name Doroteo Arango. Doroteo's parents, Arango, and Micaela Arambula Arango were part of the peasant class called, peons. The parents were very fortunate to be married, because the cost was very high and most peons could not afford it. Like most peon families the Arangos worked on a haeienda or a large ranch as slaves. They worked on a haeienda owned by the family of Don Arturo Lopez Negrete. Since he never had the opportunity to attend school he tried to learn a lot about ranching. Doroteo learned to ride a horse well, and shoot different types of guns with deadly accuracy. He also gained a feel for the land, and learned how to slaughter cattle and dry the meat.
In 1890 at the age of twelve his father died, leaving him to take care of two younger sisters, two younger brothers, and his mother. He worked hard trying to support his family by collecting wood to sell.
One day when he was 16 he returned from the field, and to his horror he found a man named Don Agustin Lopez Negrete raping his 12 year old sister. He pulled out his revolver and shot Lopez Negrete once with a deadly wound. As the man lay bleeding on the floor Doroteo wondered what he could do. Surly if he stayed he would be killed. So that was that. He decided that he would run away to the mountains and try to avoid the Mexican authorities. He changed his name to Francisco Villa (I have read of many different versions of this story including: Changing his name to Francisco Villa but being called Pancho Villa; keeping his birth name until he joined a pose of bandits, and when the leader died he assumed the leaders name, Pancho Villa; renaming himself after a bandit from the early 1800s named Pancho Villa.) to help him to avoid the law. During the day Francisco would rest, and during the night he would hunt, rob, and travel. Sometimes he had to kill people to survive, but he could not think twice. He found odd jobs as a cowboy on ranges, or in Chihuahua city, however he could never stay for long , because he was always being hunted by the police.
He joined a band of outlaws led by Ignacio Parra. This is when I believe people started calling him Pancho Villa instead of Francisco (Some sources say that the original Pancho Villa was a notorious Mexican outlaw of the early nineteenth century.) The band of outlaws, particularly Villa were famous for being "The Mexican Robin Hood." They would rob from the rich and then share their wealth with the peon families they encountered on their journey. They wanted all children to be able to attend schools, and they wanted all working adults to own their own land.
In 1908, Villa was considered the chief bandit in Durango Sonaora and Chihuahua. He started to add bank robbery, and cattle rustling to his list of crimes. The dictator in Mexico at the time, President Diaz was widely disliked, and revolts against him were starting to be a concern. He had been self elected eight straight times, but people were worried about speaking out. A strong supporter of the movement against Diaz was Francisco I. Madero. He spread the message that Diaz had stolen land from millions of Mexicans. Madero believed that land would be returned if Diaz did not re-elected himself. The Mexican people were eager to listen to him. They were sick of Diaz and his poor government, and they wanted their freedom back. Diaz began to get scared of Madero, and he was not sure what this one man could cause. Madero formed a election group called "Viva Maderos." A while later the anti-reelection party nominated Maderos as their candidate for president.
Diaz saw trouble brewing, and had Madero arrested. Abraham Gonzalez another strong believer of Madero, was recruiting guerrilla warfare (a tactic of fighting which simply put is hit and run.) leaders. In the fall of 1910 he sent for Pancho Villa. When Gonzalez explained Maderos' cause, Villa was very impressed that someone was daring to challenge Diaz. This point marked a large change in Villas' life from ruthless bandit to revolutionary hero.
Villa promised to recruit the army needed, and he did. He recruited eager peons, fellow bandits, vaqueros, and even Americans, who were in support of the Mexican Revolution. Adding to a resent string of good luck Pancho was having, Madero escaped in October, from his imprisonment in San Luis Potosi.
Madero went to San Antonio Texas and made himself Provisional President of Mexico. Madero called for the people of Mexico to revolt against the land owners and seize their land back! Villa got the word from Gonzalez to attack. Villa began attacking small towns and giving land back to the peons. His first attack was on a town called San Andres, Chihuahua. He claimed the victory for Maderos and the Revolution!
In March 1911 Villa and his army met with Provisional President Madero. Villa described Madero "Here is one rich man who fights for the people. He is a little fellow but he has a great soul. If all the rich and powerful in Mexico were like him, there would be no struggle and no suffering, for all of us would be doing our duty and what else is there for the rich to do if not to relieve the poor of their misery?" Madero pardoned all of Villa's crimes for his services but Pancho Villa was by no means finished with his part in the revolution.
Pancho continued to raid towns and small cities and won most of the battles. In April 1911 Madero and about 2,000 men set up a camp across the Rio Grande from El Paso to Juarez. At this camp there were many leaders from around the world, including Villa. They named the camp "Peace Grove" but it was anything but peaceful. On April 9th and 10th, a group of revolutionists led by Garibaldi, Orozco, and Villa, attacked across the river to Juarez and took control of the city. This victory made Madero president of Mexico.
Pancho set up a butcher shop in Chihuahua City. A year later in March 1912 Villa got a message from Madero that Orozco was now leading a revolt against Maderos' government. They had several battles. Maderos ordered Villa to serve under General Victoriano Huerta, but Villa did so reluctantly. Pancho's instincts proved correct. Huerta ordered Villa executed on June 3rd 1912. He was saved by a last minute pardon from Raul Madero (Pres. Maderos Brother) and General Francisco Castro of the Federals.
Villa was sent to prison , but soon escaped with the help of a clerk. Pancho later found out that Madero was assassinated in Mexico City on February 22, 1913. Several days later Gonzalez was murdered. Pancho realized that Huerta was behind this. He raised an army of 10,000 which he named Villa's Division of the North. 1913-1914 was a straight line of victories for Villa. In July 1914 Huerta fled Mexico.
Villa was also a pain in the neck of America. On October 19, 1914 President Wilson officially recognized Carranza as the head of Mexico. Carranza troops were favored by the Americans over Villa, and were aloud to pass though America. On November 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 1915, Pancho was defeated brutally in battles against Carranza. Villa felt like he had been betrayed by America There were many more boarder attacks on America, all of which Villa was blamed for, however it has never been proved that he was connected. These incidents brought about Pershing Punitive Expedition. This was a group of American soldiers who were supposed to capture Villa. It lasted for 11 months, but they never caught the sneaky little basted.
Carranza's government was overthrown in 1920!!! Pancho had finally won freedom for Mexico. On July 28, 1920 Pancho Villa signed a peace pact, under President de la Huerta. He got a large estate, and a lot of money, for himself, and 500 Dorados.
After being retired for only three months he was ambushed and killed while leaving his estate. He was buried in a small cemetery, but was later reburied in Mexico City along with other revolutionary heroes, in a memorial to the Mexican revaluation.
Pancho Villa's Dream
By John Reed
It might not be uninteresting to know the passionate dream-the vision which animates this ignorant fighter, "not educated enough to be the President of Mexico." He told it to me once in these words: "When the new Republic is established there will never be any more army in Mexico. Armies are the greatest support of tyranny. There can be no dictator without an army. "We will put the army to work. In all parts of the Republic we will establish military colonies composed of the veterans of the Revolution. The State will give them grants of agricultural lands and establish big industrial enterprises to give them work. Three days a week they will work and work hard, because honest work makes good citizens. And the other three days they will receive military instruction and go out and teach all the people how to fight. Then, when the Patria is invaded, we will just have to telephone from the palace at Mexico City, and in half a day all the Mexican people will rise from their fields and factories, fully armed, equipped and organized to defend their children and their homes. "My ambition is to live my life in one of those military colonies among my companeros whom I love, who have suffered so long and so deeply with me. I think I would like the government to establish a leather factory there where we could make good saddles and bridles, because I know how to do that; and the rest of the time I would like to work on my little farm, raising cattle and corn. It would be fine, I think, to help make Mexico a happy place."
HAHA this is so evil i love it I HOPE THIS HELPS U OUT PLEASE CHANGE IT A LITTLE SO IT WONT BE MY WORK :-)
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