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Who Was Pancho Villa?
Pancho Villa, was a Mexican revolutionary leader who advocated for the poor and wanted agrarian reform. Though he was a killer, a bandit, and a revolutionary leader, many remember him as a folk hero.
In 1910 Villa joined Francisco Madero’s uprising against the dictator of Mexico
After Madero’s assassination in 1913, Villa returned to Mexico and formed a military band of several thousand men that became known as the famous División del Norte (Division of the North).
In December 1913 Villa became governor of the state of Chihuahua
Alliance with Zapata against Carranza, 1914–15
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