Tomás Urbina Explained

Tomás Urbina
Birth Name:Tomás Urbina Reyes
Birth Date:1877
Birth Place:Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango
Death Place:Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango
Serviceyears:1910-1915
Rank:General
Unit:División del Norte
Battles:
  • Battle of Tlahualilo
  • Storming of Durango
  • Battle of Mapimí
  • Battle of El Ébano

Tomás Urbina Reyes (c. 1877 - 1915) was a general during the Mexican Revolution who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.[1]

Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General Rodolfo Fierro, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side.[2]

Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho Villa during the Battle of El Ébano (Spanish:), a 72-day siege of the town of El Ébano in the state of San Luis Potosí, where Urbina finally surrendered his forces to the Constitutionalist faction, and allegedly received a sum of money for his surrender.

In film

In the filmVilla Rides (1968), Urbina was portrayed by Robert Viharo.

In (1973), Urbina was portrayed by Eduard López Rojas.

In literature

Urbina is a major character in the novel, The Friends of Pancho Villa (1996), by James Carlos Blake.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture. Eva Tessler. Eva Tessler. Routledge. 2010-03-27.
  2. Book: Katz, Friedrich . The Life and Times of Pancho Villa . Friedrich Katz . 221, 269–272, 328–329 . 1998 . Stanford University Press . 0-8047-3046-6 . registration .