How Did The Psycho Villa Contribute To Mexico

Pancho Villa - His real name was Doroteo Arango. He grew up as a Mexican peasant. After his father died he became a sharecropper to help support his family. At the age of 16, he shot and killed the owner of the hacienda who was attacking his younger sister. He then fled to live in the mountains and became a bandit. In 1896 he became the leader of bandits. They committed crimes and stole from the rich. He also gave to the poor and was seen as more a Robin Hood rather than a thief. He then changed his name to Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Pancho meant Francisco. Fancisco Madero was running against the current Mexican president and promised the lower class change, Pancho Villa joined Madero and agreed to be a leader in the revolutionary
In 1911, he led his men into their first successful battle, the Battle of Ciudad Juárez. Madero became president and made Villa a colonel. But because of his differences with Pascual Orozco, another commander, in May 1911, he resigned from the army. In 1912, Orozco, was left out of government and began a revolution against Madero. General Victoriano Huerta and Villa joined to defend Madero. Later that year in June, Huerta accused Pancho Villa of stealing his horse and ordered Pancho Villa to be executed. Even though Madero was able to grant Villa a pardon just before his execution, he still had to go serve time in jail. December 27, 1912 he escaped. On February 22, 1013 Huerto killed Madero and took over. Pancho Villa heard of this and teamed up with some friends, Emiliano Zapata and Venustiano Carranza, to overthrow Madero. Villa conquered many lands in the north, such as Chihuahua. His division was known as Division del Norte (Division of the North). He spent much of his time redistributing land and helping the economy. Villa and Carranza became divided during the summer of 1914 and now they were enemies. The US first supported Villa, then later supported Carranza. When the US unsupported Villa, in January 1916, he kidnapped