Several American mining employees shot execution-style by Pancho Villa loyalists 100 years ago today (Jan 10 1916)

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Video: 'The Life of Pancho Villa' (Jan. 10, 1916, at 2:03)

(Monday, January 10, 1916) — Men loyal to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa stopped a train at Santa Ysabel today and shot a group of U.S. mining employees execution-style (the reported number of dead varies from 16 to 18).