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The Black Legend
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The Black Legend holds that Pancho Villa was always a precocious youth. At a very young age he murdered a friend in a minor altercation. He continued to kill and each murder was more gruesome than the last. He killed acquaintances as easily as strangers. He had no redeeming qualities and was only out for his own advancement and that of his gang. He sought only to fatten his pocket and make a name for himself.
When Revolution came it gave the conniving Villa the perfect opportunity to carry out his
plan of ridding Northern Mexico and particularly Durango of his enemies and opposition.
While serving in the Revolutionary army Villa absconded with the pay destined for
his troops and expropriated land for his own gain.
At the end of his life, Villa was as deeply embroiled in the dirtiness of villainy as ever. His murder was just a response to his own violence. The violent end of a violent life.