A Long And Twisted Trail

THE BYZANTINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PANCHO VILLA, A CHICAGO REPORTER, BILLY THE KID, BONNIE & CLYDE AND BRUSHY BILL.

- Bob Boze Bell

When you tug at the threads of history you will find it connected to some pretty disparate events. For example: If the United States government had not supported Carranza in the Mexican Revolution and allowed his troops to use U.S. rail lines between El Paso, Texas and Douglas, Arizona, Pancho Villa and his army would not have stumbled into a trap, near Agua Prieta, where the Carrancistas employed klieg lights in a night attack and mowed down Pancho’s men with machine guns (over 5,000 were killed or captured.)