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[Vaillant 3.0] Sunday, March 28, 2010 4:36:25 PM 
Yup. Guido is right. That's Pancho Villa, a very famous revolutionary general of the early 20th century. He was involved in one of the biggest battles in the Mexican Revolution, which took place in Zacatecas. That statue of Pancho and two other revolutionaries are on top of a hill (called Cerro de la Bufa) at the outskirts of the city. You can either get to it by airtram (aka the "Teleferico") or by car. All three statues face a museum that has artifacts from the Mexican Revolution era, which includes guns, rifles, cannons, currency of the time and pictures of the revultion in progress. Really cool to see if you ever get to visit.

Here's the whole statue of Pancho Villa, one of the coolest statues EVER.



Here's another revolutionary, whose name was Pánfilo Natera. He helped Pancho Villa take over the (then) town of Zacatecas from the Federalists (rich European leaders/dictators who oppressed the poor). Later on he became the governor of the state.



And here's the other revolutionary, Felipe Ángeles, who also involved in the Battle of Zacatecas.



Here's all three them! Or at least, an attempt to get all three of them into one pic.


Edited at: Sunday, March 28, 2010 4:37:45 PM
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