Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa
noun
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑revolutionist, ↑revolutionary, ↑subversive, ↑subverter

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Pancho Villa [Pancho Villa]
(c. 1877–1923) a Mexican soldier who led a revolution against the Mexican government and became very popular with poor people. In 1916, he killed 16 US citizens in Mexico and then attacked Columbus, ↑New Mexico. The US General John Pershing took an army to Mexico and hunted for Villa for 11 months without success. Villa later led a peaceful life but was murdered by political rivals.

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