Tomás Urbina

Tomás Urbina
Birth name	Tomás Urbina Reyes
Born	1877 Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango
Died	September 15, 1915(1915-09-15) (aged 37–38) Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango
Years of service	1910-1915
Rank	General
Unit	División del Norte
Battles / wars	Battle of Tlahualilo Storming of Durango Battle of Mapimí Battle of El Ébano

Tomás Urbina (left) nexto to Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata

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: Batalla de El Ébano), 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 Reed: Insurgent Mexico (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.

References

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