THE MAN WHO SURVIVED EXECUTION: EL FUSILADO

THE MAN WHO SURVIVED EXECUTION: EL FUSILADO

Wenseslao Moguel was sentenced to death by being shot by a police squad. He was shot 9 times, including a shot to the head by a squad commander in close proximity to ensure his death. Somehow, he survived and escaped to his village to enjoy the rest of his life. The photo was taken in 1937 on the radio show Ripley's Believe It or Not, where Moguel showed marks of bullets which penetrated his head from close range.

He was sentenced to death without a trial, and was shot 8–9 times in the body. He received the coup de grâce, or one final shot to the head at point-blank range to ensure death, yet managed to survive, though he was permanently scarred and disfigured by the event.

Sentenced to execution by firing squad during the 1915 Mexican Revolution, Wenseslao Moguel survived despite being shot nine times, the final coup de grâce, a bullet shot through his head by an officer to ensure death. His story of survival was so incredible that it caught the eye of Robert Ripley himself.

“Pancho” Villa was one of the most famous leaders of the Mexican Revolution. After his defeat by the Constitutionalists in 1915, Northern rebels faced harsh punishment by regional de facto armies. One of the unfortunate casualties of war was Wenseslao Moguel. Branded as a traitor, Wenseslao was sentenced—without trial—to execution by firing squad.

During the Mexican Revolution, a firing squad was the preferred means of execution. The squad was comprised of nine soldiers who would all fire their weapons at the same time. The tenth shooter, an officer, was to aim at one of the prisoner’s vital organs and deliver the coup de grace—the kill shot.

This was Wenseslao’s lucky day. March 18, 1915. The Federales took their positions and fired—even the tenth. Assuming he was dead, the job was done, or so they thought. Wenseslao survived! Although in excruciating pain, he waited for his executioners to leave and, miraculously, left the scene to make his way to safety.

Stories differ as to how he survived. Some sources suggest that he was rescued:

The next day Moguel was found unconscious among the dead bodies of his comrades. He was given medical attention and recovered.

Others state that he escaped on his own and received care afterwards:

[Moguel] crawled away to the church of St. James Apostle three blocks away where a church member found him and took him home until he recuperated.

Moguel appeared on the Ripley's Believe it or Not radio show on July 16, 1937.

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