Villa, “…a man born of Porfirian [after the Mexican despot, Porfirio Díaz] illegality, entirely primitive, entirely uncultured and devoid of schooling, entirely illiterate…,” according to Martín Luis Guzmán in his preface toMemoirs of Pancho Villa,had two qualities that cannot be taught: ...
Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader who fought against the regimes of both Porfirio Diaz and Victoriano Huerta and after 1914 engaged in civil war and banditry. Learn more about Villa’s life and revolutionary activities in this arti