Ka kammala wannan magana: Kafin wayewar gari a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1916, ɗan juyin juya halin Mexico Pancho Villa ya jagoranci ɗaruruwan sojojinsa masu tawaye a ƙetaren iyakar Mexico zuwa ƙauyen Columbus na kudancin gundumar. Maƙiyan sun mamaye kuma sun ƙone yawancin garin, hakan ya sa mazauna garin da yawa suka gudu zuwa cikin jeji. Kodayake harin ya ba kowa mamaki a garin, amma kuma ya farka da sojojin Amurka 350 a sansanin Furlong a gefen garin, wadanda suka kare garin da bindigogi biyu. Yaƙin ya ci gaba har zuwa wayewar gari, lokacin da Villa ya gudu ya koma kan iyakar Mexico, sa'o'i biyar bayan mamayewa da kimanin minti casa'in bayan kai hari kan garin. Duk da cewa rundunar sojin Amurka ta ce "
Ba a taɓa kama Villa ba; Sojojin Amurka sun fara shiga cikin Yaƙin Duniya na farko kuma ba su iya yin kama da Pancho Villas ba; ya mutu shekaru bakwai bayan haka a hannun mai kisan gilla. Mazauna Columbus goma sha takwas da sojojin Amurka sun mutu a harin, yayin da aka kashe kimanin sojoji saba'in da biyar na Villa.