Pancho Villa Case
ho can be considered our nowaday bandit Robin Hood due to their common actions. As a young child, Pancho Villa grew tired of the labor and started to rebel. He grew up surviving on his own, then later became an influence to other men to pull crimes with him. Pancho led a band of bandits robbing banks , stealing cattle, murders, and also stealing money from those who are very wealthy. He was able to easily get away from arrests due to his movements in the mountains of Mexico.
With so much success of escaping officers, Villa was looked up to by other revolutionists.
He caught the attention of Francisco Madero, a revolutionist who never liked the Dictator of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. Both of them teamed up and eventually drove out the dictator into exile.
Since that battle Pancho engaged in many more battles which shaped a lot of Mexico’s history.
After several battles Pancho Villa negotiated a retirement with the new president Adolfo De La Huerta giving him a “Haciendo El Canutillo”.
Villa became admired by the poor. He was popular and appreciated because he gave his earnings to the poor. Mostly everything he gave to the poor came from what he took from the rich people. Villa also took land from others and shared it with his admirers. Some of the poor bandits that were influenced by him also got earnings from Pancho Villa.
Villa was also an important person in U.S. His relationship with the United States was very welcome. The U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ended the U.S. arms issue against Mexico which allowed Villa to buy ammunition legally from the United States. President Wilson even offered Villa political protection in the United States in 1915. These actions proved the United States’ confidence and trust in Villa’s acts and abilities as a leader.