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Old 02-26-2018, 05:14 PM
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Pancho Villa’s gubernatorial palace in Cd. Chihuahua has been turned into a museum. There are a lot of guns on display. Quite a few are said to have belonged to Villa. I would be inclined to believe that many were his, since no one was trying to sell them to me. There are also a lot of military weapons on display.

One of the high points is the Dodge in which Villa was riding when assassins caught up with him in Hidalgo de Parral. Lots of bullet holes in that vehicle. I have photos somewhere that I will post if I can dig them out of my unindexed Imageshack account. I found it interesting that the Dodge logo back then incorporated a Star of David. Dunno if that means the Dodge boys were Jewish, or if it has some other significance.
In the meantime.

Some photos of the car in which Jose Doroteo Arango was assassinated in 1923.

Edit. His secretary, Trillo apparently carried a double action Smith & Wesson revolver at his right hip. I think he had another handgun on his left.
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