Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuzviisa pasi kwaGeronimo muna 1886, pakanga pasina kudikanwa kukuru kwavasori veApache naizvozvo migove yavo yakaderedzwa kusvika kuvarume vashanu bedzi pakasvika 1891. Muna 1915 kwakanga kwangosara vane makumi maviri navana bedzi. Zvisinei, pashure pokurwisa kwaPancho Villa Columbus, New Mexico, muna March 1916, Mukuru Mukuru John J. Pershing akarayirwa kutungamirira
nhimbe yokuranga muMexico kubata kana kuuraya Villa. Pershing akabvumira kunyorwa kwevasori veApache gumi nevanomwe vatsva, zvichiguma nevarume makumi matatu nevapfumbamwe. Pancho Villa nevapanduki vake vakanga vachishanda muChihuahua apo Pershing akatungamirira uto rake kuyambuka muganhu wenyika dzakawanda. Vasori vacho vakakamurwa kuva mapoka maviri. Boka rokutanga rakatungamira kuMexico kubva kuFort Huachuca, Arizona, kunobatana ne10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, nepo boka rechipiri rakabva kuFort Apache, kunobatana ne11th Cavalry. Zvisinei, panguva iyo mascouts akasvika muChihuahua, Mexico, kuvhima kweVilla kwakanga kwatomiswa naPershing, nekuda kwekukundwa muHondo yeCarrizal, umo maAmerican vakarwa nemauto ehurumende yeMexico, anozivikanwa seCarrancistas. Kuvhima hakuna kuzombopfuuridzirwa uye pashure pezvo Pershing akatanga kutora kuchamhembe kweChihuahua, kuchiteverwa nokudzokera zvishoma nezvishoma kuUnited States, pasi pemirairo yaPurezidhendi Wilson.