Pancho Villa was "hated by thousands and loved by millions," a Mexican revolutionary idol.
Legend has it he was born a peasant on a hacienda. One day when he was sixteen, he returned home from the fields to find that his sister had been raped by the owner of the hacienda, so he shot the man and escaped into the mountains on a horse.
He became a cattle rustler and later joined a band of rustlers that was led by a man named Francisco "Pancho" Villa. In one of their many fights with the law, the group was surprised by a group of mounted police and Francisco was killed. Pancho (whose real name was Doroteo) then took command of the gang and from that time on HE was known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa.
Pancho Villa was a natural leader and was very successful as a bandit, leading raids on towns, killing, and looting. In 1910, when the Mexican Revolution broke out, Villa put together an army of armed cowboys and "ruffians" and became the revolutionary general who led the war in the northern part of Mexico.
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i found it on a tea bag tag.
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pancho and i happen to share a birthday.
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Legend has it he was born a peasant on a hacienda. One day when he was sixteen, he returned home from the fields to find that his sister had been raped by the owner of the hacienda, so he shot the man and escaped into the mountains on a horse.
He became a cattle rustler and later joined a band of rustlers that was led by a man named Francisco "Pancho" Villa. In one of their many fights with the law, the group was surprised by a group of mounted police and Francisco was killed. Pancho (whose real name was Doroteo) then took command of the gang and from that time on HE was known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa.
Pancho Villa was a natural leader and was very successful as a bandit, leading raids on towns, killing, and looting. In 1910, when the Mexican Revolution broke out, Villa put together an army of armed cowboys and "ruffians" and became the revolutionary general who led the war in the northern part of Mexico.
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