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  • Pancho Villa Inspires Mexican Protesters

    12/29/2002 1:26:01 PM PST · by FITZ · 39 replies · 8,054+ views
    AP ^ | Dec 28, 3:44 PM EST | MARK STEVENSON
    MEXICO CITY (AP) -- There's a Pancho Villa revival going on, but it's not the books, the new Antonio Banderas movie or the nostalgia wave that worries some Mexicans. It's the real-life reawakening of Villa's violence. Rising social unrest swept to the pinnacles of power Dec. 10 when protesters on horseback broke down the ornate wooden doors of Congress and surged into the lower legislative chamber to demand subsidies for farmers and pay raises for teachers. The protest was reminiscent of Villa's sweep across northern Mexico in the 1910-17 revolution, when he and his pistol-packing, horse-riding soldiers would burst through...