Tomás Urbina Reyes (c. 1877–1915) was a general during the Mexican Revolution who allied with Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.[1]
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| Birth name | Tomás Urbina Reyes |
| Born | 1877 Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango |
| Died | September 15, 1915 (aged 37–38) Congregación de Nieves, Ocampo Municipality, Durango |
| Years of service | 1910-1915 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | División del Norte |
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Lieutenant Tomas Urbina and his counterpart and fellow General Rodolfo Fierro, have been cited as the two halves of Pancho Villa, Fierro representing his more violent side.[2]
Urbina was executed by General Fierro under the accusation that he betrayed Pancho Villa during the Battle of El Ébano (Spanish: Batalla de El Ébano), a 72-day siege of the town of El Ébano in the state of San Luis Potosí, where Urbina finally surrendered his forces to the Constitutionalist faction, and allegedly received a sum of money for his surrender.
In film
In the filmVilla Rides (1968), Urbina was portrayed by Robert Viharo.
In Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1973), Urbina was portrayed by Eduard López Rojas.
In literature
Urbina is a major character in the novel, The Friends of Pancho Villa (1996), by James Carlos Blake.