Many people do not know the true story of Francisco “Pancho” Villa. Pancho Villa was actually born Doroteo Arango Arambula on June 5, 1878 in San Juan del Rio, Mexico. Doroteo's parents were ignorant sharecropper farmers. This fact is important because Dorotheus had a high level of intelligence despite having no formal education. After his father's death, Doroteo took his place as sharecropper and helped support his mother and four sisters. There are many versions of how Doroteo became the outlaw bandit Pancho Villa. The most widely accepted story is that Doroteo shot and/or killed Augustin Negrete for the attempted rape of Doroteo's twelve-year-old sister (Rosenburg 3). This event became the catalyst for Doroteo's career as a Mexican revolutionary. The shooting is important because if this had not happened, Doroteo would have continued his tiny life as a farmer and would not have become the infamous Pancho Villa. After shooting Negrete, Doroteo stole a horse and fled to the Sierra mountains, quickly becoming an outlaw. While evading capture, Doroteo began using the alias Francisco “Pancho” Villa. According to Jeff Howell, there are two possibilities as to why Dorotheus chose this alias (6). The first possibility is that Francisco Villa was an outlaw who mentored Doroteo until Francisco was killed during a cattle raid. Dorotheus then took his mentor's name in an attempt to honor him. The second possibility is that Villa may have been the surname of Doroteo's fraternal grandfather. In any case, Doroteo had now become Pancho Villa and was trying to honor someone close to him by using this name. Pancho Villa became an expert at surviving and evading capture by search parties. During its......middle of paper......can be revolutionary. About.com. 2011. Network. 10Oct. 2011 Howell, Jeff. Pancho Villa, Outlaw, Hero, Patriot, Cutthroat: Evaluating the Many Faces of . Historicaltextarchive.com. 2011. Network. 10 October 2011Katz, Friedrich. The life and times of Pancho Villa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. Print.Vita di Villa. Dir. Christy Cabanne. Pref. Pancho Villa, Don Luis Terrazas. Mutual film.1912. Film.Minister, Christopher. Mexican Revolution: Biography of Pancho Villa, the Centaur of the North. About.com. 2011. Network. 10 October 2011Pancho Villa. Biography.com. 2011. Network. October 10, 2011 Rosenberg, Jennifer. Villa Pancio. About.com. 2011. Network. 10 October 2011The life of General Villa. Dir. Christy Cabanne. Pref. Pancho Villa, Raoul Walsh.Mutual Film. 1914. Film.Williams, Ben. F. Pancho Villa: A life of revenge. Tucson: Smokin Z Press. 2010.Print.