They tell of how he and his gang would attack rich haciendas and distribute the loot to the poor peons. Other legends have Villa becoming the idol of the peasants during his outlaw period. Cutting off parts of his feet and then stabbing him to death. After the man refused to give Villa a large sum of money, his gang tortured him. Other stories tell of how he broke into the house of a wealthy man. Villa then shot him, tossing his body into the grave. One story has him chasing a man his sister had eloped with and forcing him to dig his own grave. He was 16 years old during this time period.Īnother part of Villas early legend takes a much darker turn as the tales turn more deadly. ![]() Villa admitted later, he had to sometimes kill those who had betrayed him. He had several shootouts with them and killed many officers and civilians chasing him. The police were constantly chasing Villa. All of his robbing did not go unnoticed by the authorities. He said he was returning to the poor, money the rich had taken from them. He once gave an old man money to start a tailor shop. His hold-ups would reap hundred of thousands of pesos for himself, his gang members and his mother. Pancho Villa began his new life as a thief, robbing wealthy miners and many others. Since the local police was now after him, he decided to change his name to Pancho Villa. This is when he began his life as an outlaw and the legend was born. Doroteo became angry and shot Lopez Negrete in the foot. The ranch owner apparently wanted Arangos 15-year old sister. Coming home from work one day he found his mother and the ranch owner arguing. According to Villa years later, as he dictated his autobiography to his secretary, Manuel Bauche Alcalde, this is when the tragedy of my life begins. After his father died, Doroteo became the head of his family, working as a sharecropper on the Hacienda de Gogojito. The legends begin on Septemwhen he was sixteen years old. His sharecropper parents who lived on this hacienda were, Agustin Arango and Micaela Arambula. ![]() One of the few things about Villas life which most historians agree to is that he was born in 1878, in the state of Durango, on the Rancho de la Coyotoda, owned by the Lopez Negrete family. The following information comes from Freidrich Katz from his book, The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. ![]() He is seen as a Robin Hood, bandit, killer, womanizer, and since 1812, the only foreigner to have invaded, attacked, and killed Americans inside our borders. After Moctezuma and Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa is considered the most widely known Mexican throughout the world.
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