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Pancho Villa and the El Paso Connection

by | Jan 28, 2009 | Features & Gunfights

¡Ay Chihuahua! How this strategic U.S. town launched the Mexican Revolution.
Although Pancho Villa—whose real name was Doroteo Arango—is the best known figure of the Mexican Revolution, Villa would perhaps never have gained such recognition were it not for Porfirio Díaz. In many respects, Díaz was an outstanding, accomplished president. To a large extent, he modernized the country, opened schools and encouraged b


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