Pancho Villa Hero

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Born as José Doroteo Arango Arámbula on the 5th of June in 1878, Pancho Villa later in life became one of the most important and controversial leaders of the Mexican Revolution. As being one of the most ionic symbols in Mexican history, Pancho Villa made a lot of choices in life that in the end ended his life but made such a huge impact on the Mexican society today. Is Pancho Villa really a “hero” as some people make him out to be or is he someone that doesn’t deserve the recognition that he gets? Early on in Pancho Villa’s life is when his trouble-making all started. It all started after his father died when Pancho Villa was only 15 years old. Moving away from his home in San Juan Del Rio in Durango at age 16 to go to Chihuahua to live by …show more content…

Because of the fat that he worked so close to the border of the United States and Mexico it meant that he would always be in the spotlight here in the United States. Hollywood’s Mutual Film Company wanted to film Pancho Villa’s battles and in 1913, he signed a contract with them to do just that. He was very selfish when it came to his power and his fame, all he wanted was to be known and to be respected, but going all the way to get the battles filmed I don’t think was the way he really wanted to do that. A lot of times battles were re-scheduled or staged for the safety of the cameramen. At this time, Pancho Villa was on the United States’ good side and they were supply him with guns and …show more content…

The two officers under Pancho Villa’s command were Pedro Lopez and Rafael Castro are the ones who ultimately started the shooting. There was a group of 18 Americans on the train, 15 of which worked for American Smelting and Refining Company and out of the 18 Americans, there was only one survivor. After the math, Pancho Villa admitted that he ordered the attack but he denied that he gave his officers permission to kill American blood. This isn’t surprising at all, Pancho Villa seemed to be the type of guy who will admit to his actions, but never take full responsibilities for what happens. When in reality he knew exactly what he wanted to do and what he wanted to happen but it was obviously just too difficult to take

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