Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata was a rebellious young peasant who at a very early age noticed a big injustice made against those who worked the fields. That was why he joined the revolutionary movement, raising the agrarian flag.

Due to Zapata’s rebellious behavior, Venustiano Carranza authorized General Pablo González to put together a plan to assassinate him, the traitor Jesús M. Guajardo laid out a trap. “El Caudillo del Sur” The Leader of the South was riddled with bullets on April 10^th of 1919 in the Hacienda of Chinameca.