Pancho Villa

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Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and politician. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, which forced out President and dictator Porfirio Díaz, subsequently ending the Porfiriato, and brought Francisco I. Madero to power in 1911. When Madero was ousted by a coup led by General Victoriano Huerta in February 1913, Villa joined the anti-Huerta forces in the Constitutionalist Army led by Venustiano Carranza. After the defeat and exile of Huerta in July 1914, Villa broke with Carranza. Villa dominated the meeting of revolutionary generals that excluded Carranza and helped create a coalition government. Emiliano Zapata and Villa became formal allies in this period. Like Zapata, Villa was strongly in favor of land reform, but did not implement it when he had power. Villa served as provisional governor of Chihuahua from 1913 to 1914.

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Battles (7)

• 1911

  Battle of Ciudad Juárez

  Mexican Revolution · Maderistas

• 1912

  Second Battle of Rellano

  Mexican Revolution · Government

• 1913

  First Battle of Torreón

  Mexican Revolution · Constitutionalists

• 1914

  Battle of Zacatecas

  Mexican Revolution · Constitutionalists

• 1916

  Battle of Guerrero

  Mexican Border War · Villistas

• 1917

  Pancho Villa Expedition

  Mexican Revolution · Conventionists

• 1919

  Battle of Ciudad Juárez

  Mexican Revolution · Villistas