Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-03-18 | Page 1 | Zamora, Bandit Leader, Killed in Hot Battle

ZliU, BANDIT ! LEADER, KILLED ! IN HOT BUTTLE .Notorious Outlaw Unable to Settle Down to Peaceful Life Like Villa MEXICO CITY. March 18. Pedro Zaniora, for the last ten years one- of the most formidable bandits operating operat-ing alone the western coast of Mexico. Mexi-co. Im dead as a result of wounds re-iceivcd re-iceivcd in a recent battle with federal ; troops near the town of Zemzontla. jstat- of Jalisco- Ills body was ldenti-Ified ldenti-Ified yesterday by a number of his follow fol-low rs- Th? dead bandit was associated with various revolutionarj factions for years. He was alo a lieutenant of Villa after which he joined Zapata hut finally he opera:cd Independently hi the states of Jallnm. Mkheacan and Coll ma An extensive territory In tlif.-- un-is wus under his control for a long tlm rn RAIDED Lasl August be raided the towns of Autlan anJ Quatlaifi from which he carried off a number of captives Among those taken prisoner by Zaniora Za-niora were seven Americans and several sev-eral British subjects. It was said that sixteen nin carried off from Quatlan bad committed suicide following their cupture by the bandit. Mo-t of his prisoners were released voluntarily and j when government troops pressed the pursuit of the bandit hotly, h released releas-ed the rest after being promised immunity im-munity from arrest. i MIAI'I'V FARM He announced he intended to follow fol-low peaceful pursuits but. unlike his former chieftain. Villa, he was not contented with a peaceful life and several sev-eral days ago it was reported that ho was again heading h rebellion and federal troops were sent against him. i hi bandit forces were encountered at '. mzontla and Zamora received fatal wounds. He manag. d to -scape from the field, but he died later oo