"Pancho Villa's Last Son" - Part 1/4
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@PRActKing The US was thrown into WW1 in April of 1917 two years after Germany had sunk the Lusitania killing 120 Americans aboard. There was talk of war involvement back in 1915. I got a lot of the Columbus raid stories from contemporary eye witnesses when I visited Deming NM numerous times. A total of 16 civilian American casualties and possibly 100 Mexican captured and or dead, USA department of War explained. But you are right on that it's impossible to beleive everything you read.
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@PRActKing There's an invaluable source of info in the book of Friedrick Kats 1998 The Life and Times of Pancho Villa, a detailed account of his participation in the Mexican Revolution. Also yoiu might want to Google; TBC: Wild West Campaign News. It's a Bisbee Review Newspaper giving contemporary detailed accounts of Villa's prison break all the way to his crossing the border into Ciudad Juarez 3 June 1913 with only eight followers and a year later to lead an army 40,000 strong.
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@joaquinmurrieta1850 There are no pictures of Villa at Columbus in 1916, only Burned Mexican Bodies, which did not look good~there is no way 200-300 Mexicanos are going to attack 400 Troops entrenched at Camp Furlong~that is why the US Army went 60 miles into Chihuahua to get 6-8 live bodies to parade around New Mexico and then Hang them~Again Wall Street: Google Samuel Bush, his Son US Army Artillery Officer Prescott Bush, who chased Villa, ALL needed to start a War for profit~Gas,Oil, Vehicles
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@joaquinmurrieta1850 I said 4 or 5, he may have said 3 or 4, I wish I had done a better job of writing down his quotes~nevertheless (per Villa's Grandson), they actually went toTorreon and never encountered Villa~Macedonia previouly had 2 restaurants in Distrito Federal & Torreon and she had met Madero 1st and eventually introduced Villa to him~don't know the exact locations~again Ernesto said she tok many Train Trips to California and Madero had gone to College in California,,,,,,
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@PRActKing Who came up with this story on the fabrication? What about the pictures taken of Villa during this fracas, and the US soldiers engaging the enemy in Parral Chihuahua, Guerrero, Agua Caliente, etc... total of 17 squirmishes with ghost enemy forces that were invisible? Why would the US send 10,000 soldiers includind a young George Patton to track down a vicious so called killer? In 1914 Villa struck a movie deal with Hollywood and clearly shows his face.
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@PRActKing Who came up with this story on the fabrication? What about the pictures taken of Villa during this fracas, and the US soldiers engaging the enemy in Parral Chihuahua, Guerrero, Agua Caliente, etc... total of 17 squirmishes with ghost enemy forces that were invisible? Why would the US send 10,000 soldiers includind a young George Patton to track down a vicious so called killer? In 1914 Villa struck a movie deal with Hollywood and clearly shows his face. Was this a different man also?
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@PRActKing Pancho Villa has been my hero since I was 5 years old when we visited La Quinta Luz in Chihuahua City and met Luz Corral there in 1970, I was 12 at the time and do recall her stories. Ernesto was 5 you said and in Zacatecas, around 1920. Villa did not go South of Durango after his second guerilla uprising in 1917 against the Federal army under Carranza. He fought mostly small shrimp inept generals such as Murguia and Dieguez. I do respect your inteligence. Where did Villa meet Madero?
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@PRActKing Villa's was in prison in Mexico City from June 1912 to December 1912 when he escaped with the help of Carlitos Jauregy. Madero first met Villa in November 19, 1910 by way of Abraham Gonzales who at that point was the leader of the Partido Antireeleccionista in the state of Chihuahua. I have never written a PV book but in my travels have met with Doctor Osorio of Chihuahua who is an authority on Villa. I did my studies at El Instituto Literario y Cientifico de Chihuahua. Not trying to
I am sorry to say but there is no recorded account of Pancho Villa ever being in California, much less Northern Cal. Villa was in Tuczon, AZ and El Paso, TX and that is a fact. In 1916 when the villistas attacked Columbus NM Villa did not even cross the border. On a good note Mr. Ernesto Nava looks just like Villa and I beleive he is his son. Mr. Nava died on Dec. 31st at the age of 94 in California. I beleive his mother's name was Macedonia Ramirez from Durango, Mex. His mother fled the revolt
joaquinmurrieta1850 2 weeks ago
@joaquinmurrieta1850 It seems that Most Historians agree that Villa disguised himself as a Lawyer and walked out of prison under the noses of his Captors~where did he go after his escape? I believe he traveled, either as that same Lawyer or a Campesino,,,,,,
PRActKing 1 week ago