Famed Mexican bandit who led the Mexican Revolution. He became an outlaw in the U.S. and was hailed as a hero in his home country.
He supported the overthrow of the Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz and was almost killed by Diaz's loyalists.
He raided American trains and troops, and the U.S. organized a punitive armed expedition into Mexico to root him out.
He was married to several women over the course of his life and had numerous children, the last of which died in 2009.
Woodrow Wilson organized the punitive expedition to find Villa.
