General Francisco (Pancho) Villa, D. W. Hoffman, ca. 1912. Dictators – whether in Spain, South Africa, Romania or Syria —retain power for decades. They can seem impregnable and invulnerable.

The legendary Mexican revolutionary and bandit Pancho Villa was leading 500 men in a cross-border raid on Columbus. ... Berets trained the Bolivian Ranger battalion that — with the assistance of CIA ...

Raoul Walsh did more than play a young Pancho Villa in the 1914 film "The Life of General Villa" ("A Wild Ride Into Revisionism," by Chris Kraul, Aug. 3).