Tomás Urbina Reyes (c. 1877–1915) was a general during the

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who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General

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, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side. Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho Villa during the ''Battle of El Ébano'' (Spanish: ), a 72-day

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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 film'' Villa Rides'' (1968), Urbina was portrayed by

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. In '' Reed: Insurgent Mexico'' (1973), Urbina was portrayed by

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In literature

Urbina is a major character in the novel, ''The Friends of Pancho Villa'' (1996), by ''

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''.

References

1877 births 1915 deaths People of the Mexican Revolution {{Mexico-mil-bio-stub