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What event prompted President Wilson to send troops into Mexico in 1916?

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For Pancho Villas attack on Columbus

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President Woodrow Wilson sent troops into Mexico in 1916 to search for Pancho Villa, who had attacked Columbus, New Mexico. It was called the Pancho Villa Expedition.

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