Was Pancho Villa really a hero to Mexicans?

Question

Because in the movie I watched I felt like he let alot of his people get killed for no reason? I thought he looked like a show off?

The movie I watched showed actual footage of the war,I guess reporters were there at the time.It was black and white and really slow with no sound when they showed those parts.

Answer 1

no he is not. Initially, he was part of the Revolution, but then he had a falling out with some of his fellow revolutionaries, and thus started a counter revolution which led to his assassination.

My great grandparents were mexican and they hated Pancho Villa and the revolutionaries, viewing them as peasant, murderous scum. My great grandparents lost everything as a result of the revolution, witnessed their relatives get executed, and had to flee to the USA. And yes, they were LEGAL immigrants.

Answer 2

One must always remember that movies are stylized reproductions. The movie you watched was probably an American Hollywood production and shouldn't be relied upon for facts.

That being said, Pancho Villa certainly did lead Mexicans into battle and many got killed. We were at war with Mexico, and in war people get killed.

Answer 3

sweety, the movie is one thing real life is another, yes he was a hero to the poor people and he sure was an @ss to the rich people, but just to defend the poor.
Pancho Villa had a real cause for fighting, and he was true to his people not like others that were fighting just to gain power, Pancho Villa fought for the people.
and about getting a lot of people killed, do you know how many inosent americans have died in Irak, a war is a war and people die.
He was a gentleman, and well spoken not like in the movie. if you want to know more about him E mail me at [e-mail]
I have read a lot about him, and for the 4 yrs that I lived in Mexico I did a lot of research about him. I even met one of his daughters.

Answer 4

Yes, he was a hero to Mexicans, in much the same way that Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and other criminals were heroes to Depression-era Americans. People who seem to be striking at the powers-that-be, and getting away with it, tend to galvanize the anti-government feelings that some people have, percolating under the surface.

Answer 5

i understand that the distant places press did no longer placed him on a pedestal. For them, he become a bandit and a homicide. there become the case of an American landowner call Benton. Villa and his band arrived on his farm on day and that they killed him. This led to easily a sprint a stir via fact it meant that foreigners have been now no longer risk-free in Mexico in the process the Revolution. For his Villa's supporters, in spite of the shown fact that, he become a hero for beneficial. They have been battling the Federalists, below Huerta, the President of Mexico on the time. Huerta become seen via fact the evil oppressor and Villa and different revolutionaries have been seen as uncomplicated and democratic. for beneficial, he did kill Benton, this did no longer supply him plenty distant places help and it become extra information that the revolutionaries weren't something yet troublemakers.

Answer 6

Yes - Pancho was the man. Viva Pancho

Answer 7

Actually Pancho Villa is one of Mexico's most favored Heros!

Viva La Mexicanos!

Viva Pancho Villa!

VIVA LA PURA VIDA!

Answer 8

You watched the HBO film?? well, he did everything to give to the poor, but did bad things too....


Viva Zapata!!! Viva Villa!!!! y Viva Mexico!!! Ca'

Answer 9

How would we know and what does this have to do with Immigration?

Answer 10

He is to some Mexicans, but not all.