Carl wrote:
"Actually, Poncho Villa was shot and killed in his car in the city of
Parrel,"
Yes, you are 100% right about *pancho* short for Francisco - is a
Poncho what they wear in Peru? ;-)
..and I I knew it was Parral but had meteorites on my mind when I wrote
Chihuahua City, sorry, it was 6:30AM and I still hadn't made it to bed
but had and Allende impulse moment I so charmed by the meteorite.
As my Hail Mary, as I've never been to a museum on Villa, let me add
this which you won't find Googleable:
Pancho Villa's decomposed/petrified skull was removed from his R.I.P.
body a few years after his death by fussilade. The head was never
found. I have it on several sources that it was thrown in some rocks
on the Adargas (?) mountains. Anyway - it's a large iron meteorite
locality, I believe for a chunk of Chupaderos.
Kindest wishes
Doug
PS Pancho Villa is like Mexico's Elvis. He, his ghost, and his head,
and his two dozen plus wives are everywhere and everyone in the north
is related to him that you meet on some days. So, we do take these
things with a grain of salt, but it actually would make sense that the
head were stashed there.
-----Original Message-----
From: cdtucson <[email protected]>
To: Meteorite-list <[email protected]>; MexicoDoug
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Feb 8, 2012 10:56 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Allende, the one and only
Doug,
Actually, Poncho Villa was shot and killed in his car in the city of
Parrel,
Chih, Mexico. I have been to his museum there. At that time his car was
still on
display in situ where it crashed into the tree it hit upon his death.
Same local
as the museum.
ET has some amazing specimens of Allende at the Tucson show if anyone
needs any.
Carl
meteoritemax
--
Cheers
---- MexicoDoug <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear List,
Just to take a moment to appreciate the anniversary of incredible
Allende event. Allende actually hammered Pancho Villa's old
stronghold
from where he lorded over all of Northern Mexico - a huge territory
larger than most European countries .... what are the odds? Fun with
numbers ... the heavy artillery CV3 happened 45 years after Villa
died
and Villa himself was assassinated at age of 45 (in Chihuahua City).
Viva Allende ! etc., etc.
Kindest wishes
Doug
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