How did Pancho Villa die?

How did Pancho Villa die?

Pancho Villa was ambushed and shot on his ranch in Parral on July 23, 1923.

Pancho Villa, born in 1878, was a prominent Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader. His birth name was Doroteo Arango, although he was also known as Francisco. After he killed the owner of the estate where he was employed due to an assault on his sister, Villa fled to the mountains, spending his adolescence as a fugitive. 

He participated in revolts against two dictators, Porfirio Díaz and Victoriano Huerta, and left Mexico in 1912. However, he returned in 1913 and established an army of several thousand men, known as the infamous División del Norte. In 1914, he allied his forces with those of Venustiano Carranza, leading to a significant victory over Huerta and their triumphant entry into Mexico City as the revolution's leaders. 

Unfortunately, his alliance with Carranza was short-lived, and after suffering defeats in several confrontations, Villa and Emiliano Zapata retreated to the mountains of Northern Mexico, where he continued his rebellion and guerrilla warfare. In 1916, following the execution of sixteen U.S. citizens at Santa Isabel, President Woodrow Wilson dispatched General John Pershing to capture Villa. However, the support of his allies, his familiarity with the northern Mexican terrain, and Mexico's opposition to Pershing's presence made it exceedingly difficult for him to be apprehended. 

After Carranza's government was overthrown in 1920, Villa was granted a pardon and awarded a ranch in Chihuahua, contingent upon his promise to withdraw from political life. Ultimately, he was assassinated on his ranch in 1923.

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