[DoubleZ1013]

Allegedly Villa's last words were "Don't let it end like this, tell them I said something."

Also, didn't someone steal his head after he was buried?

[sciesdraspsp]

i visit parral every year to see my family members and they always re enact his death. pretty awesome! they also have a museum on the same street he died and in there they have all kinds of items belonging to him. i also laid down on his bed that was on display hehe i had to jump over a gate.

[chefchic]

Thanks for that. My Grandmother was born n raised in Parral, Chihuahua, Mex. and I appreciate both the original post, and also your comments. It is all true, and there are always 3 sides to every story. The individuals truth, the publics truth, and, of course, the truth. My Abuelita always told me stories of Poncho Villa, and she told me the good, the bad, and the ugly... so, its all good information. I guess it just depends on the way you look at it. Was he evil, or did he do a lot of good for people who couldn't do for themselves? I think a lil of both are true. anyhow... thank u.

[chefchic]

Originally Posted by sciesdraspsp ↗

i visit parral every year to see my family members and they always re enact his death. pretty awesome! they also have a museum on the same street he died and in there they have all kinds of items belonging to him. i also laid down on his bed that was on display hehe i had to jump over a gate.

hi.. My Abuelita was born n raised in Parral.. I was born in El Paso, and We used to go to Parral every year as well!! My Grandparents are both gone now, and I now live in Phoenix, but I love my memories of Parral. My Tia Bertas house was right in front of the big public pool, the one with the super high diving boards... haha! anyhow... great memories ... thanks ..

[chefchic]

Originally Posted by Spiritual ↗

José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) – better known by his pseudonym Francisco Villa or his nickname Pancho Villa – was one of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals.

As commander of the División del Norte (Division of the North), he was the veritable caudillo of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, which, given its size, mineral wealth, and proximity to the United States of America, provided him with extensive resources. Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914. Although he was prevented from being accepted into the "panteón" of national heroes until some 20 years after his death, today his memory is honored by Mexicans. In addition, numerous streets and neighborhoods in Mexico are named in his honor.

Villa and his supporters seized hacienda land for distribution to peasants and soldiers. He robbed and commandeered trains and, like the other revolutionary generals, printed fiat money to pay for his cause. Villa's men and supporters became known as Villistas during the revolution from 1910 to roughly 1920.

Villa's dominance in northern Mexico was broken in 1915 through a series of defeats he suffered at Celaya and Agua Prieta at the hands of Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles. After Villa's famous raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916, U.S. Army General John J. Pershing tried unsuccessfully to capture Villa in a nine-month pursuit that ended when the United States entered into World War I and Pershing was called back. Villa retired in 1920 and was given a large estate, which he turned into a "military colony" for his former soldiers. In 1923, he decided to reinvolve himself in Mexican politics and as a result was assasinated.

On Friday, 20 July 1923, Villa was killed while visiting Parral. Usually accompanied by his entourage of Dorados (his bodyguards) Pancho Villa frequently made trips from his ranch to Parral for banking and other errands. This day, however, Villa had gone into the town without them, taking only a few associates with him. He went to pick up a consignment of gold from the local bank with which to pay his Canutillo ranch staff. While driving back through the city in his black 1919 Dodge roadster, Villa passed by a school and a pumpkinseed vendor ran toward Villa's car and shouted Viva Villa! –a signal for a group of seven riflemen who then appeared in the middle of the road and fired more than 40 shots into the automobile. In the fusillade of shots, nine Dumdum bullets, normally used for hunting big game, hit Villa in the head and upper chest, killing him instantly.

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awesome. Thank u so much.