The Mexican Revolution - 2053 Words

Hernandez 1 Pancho villa was a man who not only was a legend. He was a revolutionary hero, military leader, and a fugitive. Many people know him as the person who fought for the rights of the poor. He was there to support his kind and protect them from what they call the â€Å"rich people.† That’s how the Mexican revolution began. Before he was known as â€Å"Francisco Villa†, he was Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula, born June 5, 1878 in San Juan Del Rio, Durango, Chihuahua, Mexico. He changed his name because in his town he had killed a man who almost raped his younger sister. He had no choice but to escape. Later in his life he was recruited as commander in chief who led 28 men to the revolution. From then on he was a military leader who had†¦show more content†¦He then fled his hometown because he couldn’t bare what had happened to his little sister. He shot the hacienda owner then got on a stolen horse and left again to a small town in Durango. W hen he got there during the time that he was he became an outlaw member. A band of people, who was created and led by Ignacio Parra one of the bandits best known in that town. In 1903 Pancho villa killed an army officer and then stole the officer’s horse. So that is also why he no longer had the name of Jose Doroteo Arango. In 1910, the Mexican revolution began. As it later on spread he joined Madero and his troops. They won the first battle that took place in Ciudad Juarez in 1911. It was the time where peasants were frustrated due to economic problems and being mistreated by landowners. In that time of the Mexican Revolution â€Å"Pancho Villa† was 32 years old and he led twenty- eight men into the revolution who only wanted the title of victory. They were going to do just about anything to earn that title. Villa was best known as one of the best gunfighters in the Mexican revolution. Everyone looked up to his ways; they were amazed at how he had so much passion for what he was fighting for. He never backed down he couldn’t he knew he was stronger. Pancho Villa knew that the people counted on him and his support. In Mexican history he was an idol especially to those of low economic stability. To people in the United States it was the other way around.