Yahoo Noticias en Español: "Hubo mucho interés en gestar una leyenda negra en torno a él": entrevista con la nieta de Pancho Villa a 100 años del asesinato del general mexicano
"Hubo mucho interés en gestar una leyenda negra en torno a él": entrevista con la nieta de Pancho Villa a 100 años del asesinato del general mexicano
Yahoo Noticias en Español: 6 momentos que convirtieron a Pancho Villa en leyenda: hace un siglo lo asesinaron al dispararle 150 balazos
6 momentos que convirtieron a Pancho Villa en leyenda: hace un siglo lo asesinaron al dispararle 150 balazos
Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who fought against the regimes of both Porfirio Diaz and Victoriano Huerta and after 1914 engaged in civil war and banditry. Learn more about Villa’s life and revolutionary activities in this article.
Today, Pancho Villa stands as a folk hero in Mexican culture. Town squares bear his statues, streets his name; countless corridos, novels, and histories recount his adventures.
A fearless general in the Mexican Revolution, Francisco "Pancho" Villa helped oust two dictators in Mexico — and changed his country forever.
After Moctezuma and Benito Juarez, Pancho Villa is considered the most widely known Mexican throughout the world. 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.
Alongside Moctezuma and Benito Juárez, Pancho Villa is probably the best-known figure in Mexican history. Villa legends pervade not only Mexico but the United States and beyond, existing not only in the popular mind and tradition but in ballads and movies.