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Word: oro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...group-recruited from the small town of El Oro, state of Durango-had sworn to avenge losses inflicted on their families by Villa when he captured El Oro. They rented a building in Parras, from which they watched and waited for Villa for months. Once his life was saved by some school children who were in the line of fire, but on July 16 the chance came and Villa was killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Slayer of Villa | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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