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DAY 13
Anxious to Reach Zacatecas
Before I left Parral, I visited “Panteón de Dolores,” the cemetery, and said good-bye to Pan-
cho Villa at his tomb. Pancho rests unquietly, as his remains are incomplete. In 1926, Pan-
cho's grave was desecrated, his body removed and his head severed. His skull was never
recovered. It's rumored that Prescott Bush, the patriarch of the Bush family, paid $25,000
for Pancho's head and presented it to Yale's Skull and Bones. When I mentioned this to my
friend Santiago, he told me the following story:
A young American, fresh out of law school, came to visit Mexico and was in Parral's plaza
when a Mexican with a bag called him with a hiss and motioned for him to step over to a
quiet and secluded spot. “Gringo,” he said, “would you like to buy Pancho Villa's head?”
Cautiously, the Mexican opened the bag and showed the gringo the skull. The young attor-
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