The Decline of Villismo

After Villa was injured people thought his days with any type of power were limited. However, Villa reappeared. The harvest had just ended so people flocked to help him. Villa had three main advantages over Carranza (pg 363). Villa was more humane than Carranza in that he released his prisoners that were not officers. However, one of his officers, Uribe, clipped ears of prisoners so they would be recognizable if they fought against Villa again. Villa lived by the policy, "my enemy's enemy is my friend". The unemployed and disaffected flocked to Villa. Villa took town after town, including Chihuahua and Torreon (people continued to flock to him). Villa was anti-American. Villa gained a new amount of brutality, allowed his men to rape women, kill women....This alienated people who had previously supported Villa. Carranza would win towns and Villa would win towns (back and forth). Angles came back (from the US) and urged Villa to switch from guerilla warfare to regular campaigning. Angles was someone who could have untied everyone. He eventually attempted to go back to the United States after he saw the amount of American hatred towards Villa (they would never let him gain all power). He was captured by Carranza and executed in a mock trial. Obregon came back after being in retirement and announced his candidacy for President. Carranza vs. Obregon. Carranza was eventually killed, de la Huerta became the provisional President. de la Huerta granted Villa an agreement (Villa had to retire from public life, was allowed a body guard of 50 men). Obregon eventually said he would honor the agreement when he became President. Villa laid down his arms and agreed to the terms. The death of Carranza and the surrender of Villa effectively ended the Mexican Revolution.