Posted On: 04/22/2016 11:36:22 AM
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We should take are military in and abolish there drug cartel.
Yeah, maybe we can make it a Centennial 'event' for both countries? 'Trumpnistas will love the cartoon. LOL!
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a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution 1910–1920.
Cartoon by Clifford Berryman reflects American attitudes about the expedition
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Pancho Villa Expedition
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part of the Mexican Revolution, Border War
Date
March 14, 1916[1] – February 7, 1917
Location
State of Chihuahua, Mexico
Result
American objective not achieved
United States withdrawal in 1917.
Belligerents
United States
MexicoVillistas
MexicoCarrancistas
Commanders and leaders
United States John J. Pershing Mexico Pancho Villa
Mexico Alvaro Obregón
Strength
c. 10,000 c. 500 (Villistas)
22,000 (Carrancistas)
Casualties and losses
U.S.
15 killed
28 wounded
3 missing[2][n 1]
Villistas:
169 killed
115+ wounded
19 captured
Carrancistas:
82 killed
51+ wounded[2][3]
United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution
The Pancho Villa Expedition—now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition[4] but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, U.S. Army"[1]—was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican revolutionary Francisco "Pancho" Villa from March 14, 1916, to February 7, 1917, during the Mexican Revolution 1910–1920.
The expedition was launched in retaliation for Villa's attack on the town of Columbus, New Mexico, and was the most remembered event of the Border War.
The declared objective of the expedition by the Wilson administration was the capture of Villa.[5] Despite successfully locating and defeating the main body of Villa's command, responsible for the raid on Columbus, U.S. forces were unable to prevent Villa's escape and so the main objective of the U.S. incursion was not achieved.
The active search for Villa ended after a month in the field when troops sent by Venustiano Carranza, the head of the Constitutionalist faction of the revolution and now the head of the Mexican government, resisted the U.S. incursion.
The Constitutionalist forces used arms at the town of Parral to resist passage of a U.S. Army column. The U.S. mission was changed to prevent further attacks on it by Mexican troops and to plan for war in the eventuality it broke out.[6] When war was averted diplomatically, the expedition remained in Mexico until February 1917 to encourage Carranza's government to pursue Villa and prevent further raids across the border.
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