Pancho Villa Attacks Columbus: U.S. Launches Punitive Expedition
Pancho Villa led nearly 500 Mexican raiders to burn and loot Columbus, New Mexico, shattering American complacency about border security. This bold incursion forced the United States to launch a massive punitive expedition into Mexico and accelerated the deployment of federal troops along the entire southern frontier.
March 9, 1916
110 years ago
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