1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey y'all, I'm Eves and welcome to this 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: dand History Class, a podcast for folks who can never 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: have enough history knowledge. Today is June. The day was 5 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: June five. Revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was born in Mexico. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: Villa was an important and controversial figure in the Mexican Revolution, 7 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: and he's celebrated by many as a full hero. In 8 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: his young adult years, Villa was involved in banditry. He 9 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: and other bandits and his crew would steal cattle and 10 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: money from wealthy people. Later, Villa would become known as 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: a kind of robin hood, robbing the rich and giving 12 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: to the poor. At the time, Porfrario Diaz was the 13 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: president of Mexico. Diaz was a controversial figure. While he 14 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: promoted economic progress, his policies benefited assendados or estate owners 15 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: and other wealthy people while they hurt rural laborers. The 16 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: Mexican Revolution started when people began challenging Diaz his regime. 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: In nineteen ten, Via met presidential candidate Francisco Marretro, who 18 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: opposed dias his rule and promised to support the lower classes. 19 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: Via decided to join Madeto's cause. Via was made a 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: colonel in the revolutionary causes, and he proved to be 21 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: an effective leader. Madetto was elected president in nineteen eleven, 22 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: but Villa remained entangled in the political unrest. When Pascual 23 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: Arosco launched a rebellion against Marietto, Via participated in the 24 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,279 Speaker 1: fight against the counter revolution. He gathered troops and joined 25 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: forces with General Victoriano Huerta, but Huereta and Via soon 26 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: fell out, and Whereta ordered Vias execution. Via was sent 27 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: to prison instead, but he escaped from prison in December 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: of nineteen twelve, a couple of months later where the 29 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: killed Madeto and claimed the presidency. Via escaped to the 30 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: US for a while, but he later went back to 31 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: Mexico and formed his own military force, called the Division 32 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: del Norte or the Division of the North. He allied 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: with Venustiano Carranza and went up against Guerta, and Via 34 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: effectively commanded his growing army, which won many revolutionary battles. 35 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: Via gained recognition throughout Mexico, but also in other countries. 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: He gained a reputation for being brutal but also benevolent. 37 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: By nineteen thirteen, Villa had become the governor of the 38 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: state of Chihuahua, but rivalry with Carranza soon led the 39 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: two to split, and Via teamed up with revolutionary leader 40 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: Emiliano Zapata against Carranza. Carona took power as the head 41 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: of state in Mexico in nineteen fifteen, and Villa continued 42 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: his guerilla activities while Carranza remained in power. The US 43 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: supported Carronsa in the conflict, and Villa needed more supplies 44 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: to fight Carnza, so in March of nineteen sixteen, Via 45 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: led an attack against Columbus New Mexico. Though the US 46 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: sent soldiers to Mexico to look for Via, they did 47 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:18,399 Speaker 1: not find him. In nineteen seventeen and nineteen eighteen, Via 48 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: launched many successful raids, but after Carronza was assassinated in 49 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty, interim president Adolfo de la Huerta negotiated VIA's 50 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 1: amnesty and retirement. As part of the agreement, Via got 51 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: the Hacienda and Touahua, but in nineteen Villa was assassinated 52 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: when he was in his car. Some people remember Villa 53 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: for his advocacy for peasants and his success as a 54 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: military leader, but he was often villainized in the contemporary press, 55 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: and he was known for his brutality in war. 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