Pancho Vill The First Battle Of Durango, Mexico

Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula better known as Pancho Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general. He was born June 5, 1878, in Durango, Mexico. When Villa was only sixteen his father passed away and so he became the head and protector of the household. Villa spent most of his life in Durango, Mexico until he killed a man who was harassing his sister. Due to that event, Villa fled and hid in the mountains for several years and changed his birth name to Francisco Villa to evade authorities. While hiding, Villa joined a group of fugitives which led him to become a bandit. When Villa reached the age of twenty he moved to Chihuahua and worked as a miner for a short period. Shortly after he began selling stolen cattle and eventually ended up adding bank robberies to his crime list. In 1900,
Villa became known as the Robin Hood after he and his group established themselves in the sierras. In 1910, Villa along with his men while still, a fugitive came down from the hills to join Francisco I. Madero’s revolutionary forces. Here they made a transition from bandits to revolutionaries.
In 1911, Madero won the first Battle of Ciudad Juarez. Diaz who at that time was the president was eventually driven out of power and Madero became the president. Madero promised change for the lower classes. Villa joined forces with Madero and became the leader of the revolutionary army. In May 1911, Villa resigned because of issues he was having with another commander, Pascual Orozco. Orozco was irritated because he felt left out and started a rebellion. Villa gathered a group of troops and worked with General Victoriano Huerta to help Madero. In 1912, Huerta accused Villa of stealing horses and demanded he'd get executed. Madero helped Villa out and therefore only had to serve time in prison. In December of 1912 Villa escaped from prison. At the time of his escape, General Huerta had become Madero’s opponent and was no longer on his side. On February 1913, Huerta himself killed Madero and demanded he should be president. Villa then joined forces with Venustiano Carranza to end Huerta’s glory. A couple months after Huerta and Villa splint so Villa joined forces with Zapata and President Woodrow Wilson to bring down
Carranza. The United States choose a side and supported Carranza. Villa then attacked the towns of Columbus and New Mexico. The United States responded by sending soldiers across the border to find Villa. On May 1920, Carranza was assassinated and Adolfo de la Huerta became president for a short period. Villa was gunned down in his car on July 20, 1923, in Parral, Mexico.