Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a leader in the Mexican Revolution, which started in 1910.
He was ambushed and shot by Mexican troops in 1919. He is a folk hero in Mexico to this day.
He was born to Gabriel Zapata and Cleofas Jertrudiz Salazar of Anenecuilco, Morelos. Zapata's family were Mexicans of Nahua and Spanish ancestry. He was the ninth of ten children.
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Birthplace of Emiliano Zapata in Anenecuilco, today a house museum
Zapatistas in Cuernavaca, 1911. Hugo Brehme, photographer
Emiliano Zapata, posing in Cuernavaca in 1911, with a rifle and sword, and a ceremonial sash across his chest. (Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City. Archivo Fotográfico Díaz, Delgado y García)
Zapata's .44 caliber, single action, top-break "Russian" model Smith & Wesson revolver recovered after the ambush in Cuernavaca by Emil Holmdahl. On the handle is scratched "EMILIO[sic.] ZAPATA GENERAL EN CUARVACA[sic.] MORALES MEX MARZO 4 1911".
Francisco Villa (left), Eulalio Gutiérrez (center), and Emiliano Zapata (right) at the Mexican National Palace (1914)
Zapata's corpse, photographed in Cuautla, 10 April 1919.
Sign at the entrance to one of the communities under the control of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional. The sign reads, "You are in Zapatista territory in rebellion, here the people command and government obeys."
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