Obituaries

Mexican Revolutionary, General, Bandit, and Governor. He was a major leader in the Mexican Revolution and in 1916-1917, was the object of the Punitive Expedition in which US Troops crossed into Mexico in a futile attempt to capture him. Born Jose Doroteo Orango Arámbula, he is better known under his revolutionary name, Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Many details of his life are in dispute.

He was assassinated three years later in Parral, Chihuahua, although his assassins were never arrested; Villa had made many enemies over his lifetime, who would have motive to kill him. He is remembered today as a combination folk hero and revolutionary.