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  2. Pancho Villa - Wikipedia

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    Francisco " Pancho " Villa (UK: / ˈpæntʃoʊ ˈviːə / PAN-choh VEE-ə, [3][4] US: / ˈpɑːntʃoʊ ˈviː (j) ə / PAHN-choh VEE- (y)ə, [3][5] Spanish: [ˈpantʃo ˈβiʎa]; born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula; 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary and prominent figure in the Mexican Revolution. He was a key figure in ...

  3. The Life of General Villa - Wikipedia

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    The Life of General Villa (1914) is a silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location during a civil war. The film incorporated both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution , around which the plot of the film revolves.

  4. Rodolfo Fierro - Wikipedia

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    Rodolfo Fierro. General Rodolfo Fierro (1885 – 14 October 1915) [1] was a railway worker, railway superintendent, federal soldier and a major general in the army of Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution in the Division del Norte. Fierro and his counterpart and fellow lieutenant, Tomas Urbina, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho ...

  5. El Paso history 1917: Mexican train dynamited by Pancho Villa ...

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    But the story that led the paper that day was, "Mexican Train Dynamited By Villa Band." Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his men had robbed a Mexican Central Line train of $70,000, some merchandise ...

  6. Pancho Villa (boxer) - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Villaruel Guilledo (August 1, 1901 – July 14, 1925), more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer.Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds (51 kg), despite the racial discrimination of that time, rose from obscurity to become the first Asian to win the World Flyweight Championship in 1923, earning the ...

  7. 18 miners, 17 American, murdered on orders by General Pancho ...

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    The El Paso Times, January 12, 1916, reported 18 mining men where “ruthlessly murdered” by men loyal to Mexican revolutionary General “Pancho” Villa.

  8. Battle of Columbus (1916) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Columbus (Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid), March 9, 1916, began as a raid conducted by remnants of Pancho Villa 's Division of the North on the small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico, located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the border with Mexico. The raid escalated into a full-scale battle between Villistas ...

  9. Francisco Villa Museum - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Villa Museum. Coordinates: 28.6267°N 106.0685°W. The house once known as the Quinta Luz, but now the Francisco Villa Museum in Chihuahua, Mexico, comprises the estate of General Francisco Villa. The Francisco Villa Museum (also, the Historical Museum of the Mexican Revolution) is dedicated to the life and times of the Mexican ...