PANCHO VILLA WATCH FOB
AIRED: Season 7, Episode 1
THE DETECTIVE: Eduardo Pagan
THE PLACE: Columbus, New Mexico
THE CASE:
Just before he died a man gave his neighbors a most unusual gift: a watch fob commemorating Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s murderous raid on the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
The man says he was a boy when the raid happened in 1916, and he and his parents survived by hiding under a train car.
The new owners want to know more about this watch fob. Who made it? Did their friend indeed witness this infamous raid?
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