Pancho Villa’s Surprise Attack On Border Town

In the wee hours of Mar. 9, 1916, peasant guerrillas cut a hole in the international fence 60 miles from El Paso and scurried toward Columbus, New Mexico. A desperate Pancho Villa had launched the first armed invasion of the United States since the War of 1812.Careful not to bite the hand that fed him, Villa for years avoided alienating Americans in general and Texans in particular. Flattering…