The Prisoner of War Who Was Shot Nine Times Yet Survived

Wenceslao Moguel’s incredible story of cheating death.

Wenceslao Moguel, during his interview with Robert Ripley. Moguel was shot nine times. Image source: Ripley’s.

Can we cheat death?

Probably not. But one man came close to it. His name is Wenceslao Moguel. Moguel was tried and sentenced to death after being accused of being a rebel during the Mexican revolution.

There was no trial, and the poor man had no opportunity to appeal his sentence. He would have been among the millions of men who have died because of war through no fault of his own.

But, lady luck and death made a secret agreement.

A firing squad shot Moguel eight to nine times, yet he survived!

Let us find out about this miraculous man who escaped the clutches of death and lived for an incredible sixty-one more years!

Unfortunate arrest during the Mexican Revolution.

Pancho Villa, one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. Image source: Wikimedia Commons.

Anarchy and mayhem raged during the Mexican revolution (1910–1920). In 1915, the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa was defeated by the Constitutionalists, also known as the Federales.