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DEATH OF PANCHO VILLA. SHOT 'BY HIS SECRETARY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) MEXICOi CITY, July;. 21. i General Francisco: Pancho Villa, tht> former bandit chief, who commanded .35,000 rebel troops in Northern • Mexico, was, shot and killed by his secretary, who was later killed b;f: Villa's adherent?;, .Villa had long menaced the southern - border of the United ' States _ and fie American Government in 1916 despatched a punitive expedition in which General Pershing first gained fame. , ' ; : ' General • Obregon, , on '. assuming the Presidency of Mexico, pardoned Villa, who retired to his farm. His men were each awarded a year's pay and a small farm, the grant totalling 2,000,000 dollars in gold. ;. '.;,;.' ....-./::;.":■ > ',;'■■.■'.■■'<.-■■.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 7
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