The last surviving son of Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, Ernesto Nava Villa, died in Castro Valley, California, at age 94 last Dec. 31st.
I was interested at this piece of news as not so long ago, I learned about the existence of Ernesto Nava Villa - I guess as everyone else - and the amazing stories about how he kept his true identity hidden for over 80 years after having promised his mother, in fear that Villa´s enemies both sides of the border would retaliate or seek vengance.
It turns out that Mr. Nava was taken to the United States at age 2 by his mother, Macedonia Ramírez, fleeing from the political turmoil caused by the revolution and the persecution of Gral. Pancho Villa, in Mexico and the US.
In 1923, shortly after Gral. Villa was assassinated, eight-year-old Ernesto Nava learned the truth about his father and promised his mother, never to tell anyone about it.
It wasn´t until his first visit to México after 70 years, at the city of Parral in the Mexican state of Durango - the city where Gral. Villa was gunned down - that the world knew of this hidden legacy.
Visit the website of Ernesto Nava, the last surviving son of Pancho Villa to know more about him and Pancho Villa.
It turns out that Mr. Nava was taken to the United States at age 2 by his mother, Macedonia Ramírez, fleeing from the political turmoil caused by the revolution and the persecution of Gral. Pancho Villa, in Mexico and the US.
In 1923, shortly after Gral. Villa was assassinated, eight-year-old Ernesto Nava learned the truth about his father and promised his mother, never to tell anyone about it.
It wasn´t until his first visit to México after 70 years, at the city of Parral in the Mexican state of Durango - the city where Gral. Villa was gunned down - that the world knew of this hidden legacy.
Visit the website of Ernesto Nava, the last surviving son of Pancho Villa to know more about him and Pancho Villa.
Trailer: "Pancho Villa: La Revolución no ha terminado", Mexico, 2006.
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