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Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa . By Jackie J. Nuñez. Birth & Child Life 1877 . Born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula in San Juan del Río, Durango, in 1877 Family was very poor so he could afford to go to school

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Pancho Villa

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  1. Pancho Villa By Jackie J. Nuñez

  2. Birth & Child Life 1877 • Born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula in San Juan del Río, Durango, in 1877 • Family was very poor so he could afford to go to school • Lived most of his life in Durango but left at age 16 because he killed a man who had raped his youngest sister. • Information on the next 5 years of his life is unknown because he hid from the law

  3. 20’s 1897-1900 • Came out of hiding and changed his name to Francisco “Pancho” Villa • Changed his name so that he could invade the law • He moved to Chihuahua and began to break the law by selling stolen cattle • 1900 he began to kill and steal from the rich

  4. Criminal Life 1900-1909 • Had thousands of followers including Americans • Gain respect from the poor because he gave all his steals to them • Followers were known as Villistas and the group was called División del Norte (Division of the North)

  5. Wars and the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920 • Villa was an important general and lead many wars • Most important battles were: Battle of Celaya Villa Lost. 18 Americans were killed and 90 Villista’s were killed Cross Border Attack on New Mexico An attack against the U.S.A to get war weapons

  6. Political Involvement 1913-1914 • Became governor of Chihuahua from 1913-1914 • Developed strategies to use at war some of which are used today by the Mexican Armies • In order to provide money for the Government he robbed American trains

  7. Continued… • Was sentenced by President Madero (Mexican President at the time) • While in prison he learned to read and write and later escaped • After Madero’s assassination Huerta pronounced himself president • Viilla hated Huerta because he order Abraham González’s (his political mentor) murder

  8. Assassination 1923 • Pancho Villa was assassinated July of 1932 • Was the one time that he didn’t take his 50 armed followers • Police never found the assassins • Mexicans believe that the Mexican government orders his death • Peasants were really upset and demanded to know who had done this

  9. Works Cited Cummings, Joe. “Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa.” Mexconnect. Google ads, 1 Jan. 2006. Web. 21 Sept. 2009. <http://www.mexconnect.com/‌articles/‌1305-francisco-pancho-villa>. Minister, Christopher. “Who killed Pancho Villa?” About.com. The New York Times Company , 2009. Web. 21 Sept. 2009. <http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/‌od/‌themexicanrevolution/‌a/‌09whokilledvilla_2.htm>.

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