Death and Life at Agua Prieta

At the battle of Agua Prieta, across the border from Douglas, Arizona, in 1915, Pancho Villa was betrayed by the United States. He watched in fury as his Division del Norte was cut to pieces charging a trench filled with machine guns behind barbed wire surrounding Agua Prieta. He swore vengeance on any Gringo he could lay his hands on and gave orders to execute two American doctors and pointed his artillery toward Douglas. Only Dr. Henry Grace stood between Villa and innocent blood and Villa s cocked pistol was pointed at his heart.