Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Poutu-te-rangi 1916, ka whakaekea e Villa me tētahi rōpū iti o ngā tāngata te taone o Columbus, NM. Ko te Pakanga o Columbus i hua ai te mate o te iwi, ā, i akiaki i te U.S., ki te tono i a John J. Pershing ki tētahi Miihana Whakatupato
, kaore i angitu i tana ngana ki te hopu i a Villa. Ko Sommerfeld, nana nei i tono ki te kawanatanga Tiamana i te Haratua 1915 ka taea e ia te hanga i tetahi aitua ka whakaoho i te pakanga i waenga i te US me Mexico, ka noho hei whakapae nui mo te whakaeke a Villa ki a Columbus. Heoi, kaore he kairangahau, he kaituhi hītori ranei i kaha ki te whakaatu i te whakauru o Sommerfeld.