A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 9, 1916, more than 400 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans.
When Venustiano Carranza was president. 12,000 Americans crossed the border To hunt down and punish Pancho Villa for a “slip.” Poncho Villa (between 1908 and 1919, Library of Congress On March ...
Francisco "Pancho" Villa. A short distance from the steel bollard wall marking the U.S.-Mexico border south of the village, the Cabalgata Binacional and Fiesta de Amistad combined mourning with ...