Who Was Pancho Villa?

Pancho Villa was a Mexican fugitive turned revolutionary and politician, elected Governor of Chihuahua in 1913. After a failed coup attempt and angered by U.S. support for his opponent, Pancho Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico.

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Today's Daily Dose short biography film covers the life and revolution of Pancho Villa. The filmmaker has included the original voice over script to further assist your understanding:

Today on The Daily Dose, Pancho Villa.

Born into a poor sharecropping family in 1878 Durango Mexico, after his father died, Pancho Villa dropped out of school to support his mother and four siblings, until he killed a hacienda owner who raped one of Pancho’s sisters. Stealing a horse and fleeing into the hills, Pancho joined up with banditos until he was arrested in 1902 and inducted into the Federal army—a practice adopted by then President Porfirio Diaz to deal with troublemakers. After killing an army officer and stealing his horse, Pancho Villa became known to his friends as La Cucaracha or “the cockroach.”

While living as a fugitive, Pancho joined Francisco Madero in the nine-and-a-half-year Mexican Revolution, where his fighting and leadership skills rose him to the rank of colonel. When Madero was removed from power in 1912, Pancho fled to the United States, returning to form his own military army known as Division del Norte. After joining forces with fellow revolutionaries Venustiano Carranza and Emiliano Zapata in an attempt to remove Victoriano Huerta from power, Pancho proved his medal as a brilliant tactician on the battlefield, leading to his 1913 election as provisional governor of Chihuahua, which allowed him to recruit stronger military generals and raise more money for a drive south against Huerta’s Federal Army. At the height of Villa’s power and popularity in late 1914 and early 1915, the U.S. toyed with the idea of recognizing him as Mexico’s legitimate authority, until a Civil War broke out between Carranza and Pancho Villa. Pancho Villa’s Division del Norte suffered a resounding defeat during the summer of 1915, followed by the U.S.-backed Second Battle of Agua Prieta in November of that same year.

Angered by American support of Carranza, Pancho Villa raided the border town of Columbus New Mexico in early 1916, and while the U.S. sent a contingent of soldiers to hunt down the revolutionary, Pancho Villa was never captured. When President Carranza was ousted from power in 1920, Pancho Villa negotiated an amnesty deal with interim President Adolfo de la Huerta, who awarded Pancho with a landed estate in northern Mexico in exchange for a promise to retire from politics. Pancho Villa was assassinated by seven gunmen in 1923 while preparing to board a train. Before and after his death, Pancho Villa’s life was celebrated in films and dime store novels, while in 1976, his remains were reburied in the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, forever cementing his legend as one of the Mexican Revolution’s most charismatic and prominent figures.

And there you have it, the revolutionary life of Pancho Villa, today on The Daily Dose.

[AmFuture]

General Villa is a great example of what a revolutionary is. A man who rises up and helps the people when they need it most. He was not fighting for an ideology, he didn't fight so he can come into power, he fought for the people and only for the people. Che, Castro, they arent even in the same league and cant be compared to Villa or Zapata. General Villa is a hero in Mexican history

[doraperez-connolly]

My grandfather would often tell the story of how his younger brother Willy joined Pancho villa and never returned home or was heard of again!

[StayMadLmfao]

My grandma still talks about Pancho Villa. I find it interesting we’re still passing down legends of strong men. Many weak ass men like to bring us down but we’re never put down completely

[teresafernandez]

I was young, a kid, was watching an old movie with my great grandma and my cousins. Wallace Berry, an old USA movie star was playing Pancho Villa. My nana Lupe got SO UPSET! Pancho Villa was being portraid as a drunken slob! pancho Villa did not drink alcohol. Nana Lupe told us that Pancho Villa was a great General for Mexico. His uniform was always clean and pressed, his boots were always shiny and his beautiful white horse, El Siete Luegas (The Seven Lakes), was always clean and royal. She said not to ever believe how Mexican ppl and Indeginous ppl were portrayed by the Gringo. She was right!

[LaReinaDeMuerte]

My great great grandfather fought along side him, my great grandpa is named after him, my great great grandmother was from a tribe in Mexico and was one of the women who cooked for the desperados. She is in the Smithsonian American Indian Museum.

[michaelmunizsr-yhyq]

I believe I have a 30-30 Winchester that was used during one of those battles given to my father from his father.An old gunsmith said he too believes it's from that era! Made me an offer but I refused. It's still in great shape doesn't shoot straight but it still fires. Hasn't been shot in least thirty years. It's a great conversation piece!

[ScarlettPomerantz-mvme]

And Sancho Villa LIVES 😁👍😂 Today 🌹 in Houston Texas 😁🌹

[PedroMartinez]

He was one of my great grandfather’s generals in the Mexican revolution

[louiszierlein]

I was hoping for more detail. My Wife is from Chihuahua. I have seen many of the historical sites surrounding Poncho Villa. Including the Dodge Brothers car he was in when assanated in.

[nivek]

My great-grandfather was a member of Villa's elite bodyguard, they were also known as the Villa Goldens. When he retired from his service, Villa gave him a piece of land where he made his life.

[TheChocolateNick]

My grandma was just telling me about how her grandfather used to ride around with bandits, with sombrero's and guns, then eventually he had to immigrate to American and change his names cause he got in trouble with the Mexican government. All she said was 'yeah they were called pancho villa or something like that?? I don't remember it was 60 years ago. I think they came from Durango?!" turns out it was one of the most infamous bandito gangs around 😂

[oscarslater]

my great grandfathers grandfather was a good mate of this man after being an officer himself then joining up with pancho but not sure why.

[Bryan-iyle]

My mother told me stories of when my great great grandfather fight with pancho villa

[warpoet]

I didn’t know about this man until I saw a video about a “ poncho villa “ mask in a crime museum

[JosephMarquez-pjdp]

The movie the return of Pancho Villa starring Leo Carrillo as Pancho Villa, was himself a Californian Chumash native. The best movie made of Pancho Villa. Pancho Villa was a Yaqui native.

[troybaker]

I have to say I didn’t know much about him what we are taught about him was very little but the more you dig into it he was a great man I have a lot more respect

[infected]

Pancho Villa was a Criminal to y’all but a Hero to us

[rdwrldkid]

at 3:44 hes with some white guys, who are they?

[cesaralmaguer-ll]

his pronunciation hurts me to the soul

[Bubstahh]

I swear like half of ya'll in this comment section have to be lyin.