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How Guisueppi Garibaldi survived the battle of Juárez
There are a lot of different versions of the first battle of Juárez. Here is a good overview by Óscar Jáquez Martínez:
The battle of Juárez began very suddenly and without the knowledge of the Federals or Francisco Madero. Against Madero’s orders a fairly large body of insurrectos attacked the border city. The group was led by Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco and was joined by most of the foreign legion. The insurrectos followed the irrigation ditch leading to Juárez and thus were not detected by General Navarro’s men. The rebels fell upon the Federals and by the afternoon of May 8 began a general assault on the city. On the second day the battle was fought almost entirely in the center of the city and by nightfall the rebels held all of Juárez except the bullring, the cuartel, and the church. On the third day the rebels captured all of Juárez and General Navarro surrendered with five hundred men. Colonel Garibaldi received Navarro’s sword. -U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
This appears as an accurate version, but it is a veritable bundle of nerves; of unresolved tensions. Fredick Katz recounts:
“In the eyes of the American Press, Giuseppi Garibaldi thus became the victor of Ciudad Juárez, a reputation deeply reputation deeply resented by Villa” The Life and Times of Pancho Villa
After the fall of Juárez, Pancho Villa packing pistols came looking for Garibaldi, tracking him down at the Hotel Sheldon in El Paso. The showdown was averted by Madero himself, escorting Villa into the elevator as Garibaldi entered. When Villa returned to the lobby, he was met by U.S Secret Service agents, who promptly escorted him to the border, depositing him in the middle of the international bridge.
Thus Garibaldi survived the battle of Juárez.













