Question

Why was Columbus, New Mexico raided in 1916?

Madero's "scorched earth policy against the Zapatistas.
The United States stopped supporting the Villistas, because they did not view the leader as a stable option.
They did this as revenge.
Constitutionalists retaliated against Americans for not supporting them during the Mexican Revolution.

Answer 1

The United States stopped supporting the Villistas, because they did not view the leader as a stable option.

Step-by-step explanation:

Battle of Columbus, also known as the Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid, (8–9 March 1916). In need of supplies during the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa led his men in a raid across the border into the United States, at Columbus, New Mexico.

Villistas were followers of Pancho Villa. They began the raid because they were out of supplies due to lack of US support