Documentary on Mexican Leader Pancho Villa's Death Premiered Prensa Latina
go to original July 20, 2013

El asesinato de Villa: la conspiración (Discovery/hilodirectotv)

The documentary series "The Assassination of Pancho Villa, The Conspiracy," will be released today on cable television, which portrays the tragic death of one of the Mexican Revolution's emblematic figures.

The film is presented in the 90th anniversary of the assassination of Villa, who was known for his military exploits in the northern region of the country.

On July 20, 1923, Jose Doroteo, as he was known until he adopted the name of Francisco (Pancho) Villa, died gunned down in broad daylight, in the town of Hidalgo del Parral. Villa achieved notoriety from the uprising against the government of Porfirio Diaz in 1910.

Directed by Mexican filmmaker Emilion Maille, the film seeks to get to the bottom of the motives that led to Villa's assassination and other details of his life, which will be presented by Discovery Channel in Spanish, according to vanguardia.com.mx.

Villa's role is played by Mexican actor Enoc Leano, who had already played the character in the El Encanto del Aguila (The Eagle Charme).

This serial has the support of renowned Mexican historians as the Pancho Villa's biographer, Pedro Salmeron, author of five books on Mexico's history, who worked on the documentary's historical endorsement with Jesus Vargas Valdes, Martha Loyo, Jane Dale Lloyd and Antonio Campuzano.

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