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Born in Anenecuilco, Mor. In 1879.
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He was appointed president of the land defense board of Anenecuilco.
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He joined the plan of San Luis. He launched himself into the revolutionary struggle and after the death of Torres Burgos, he took command of the leadership of the southern revolution.
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Where he proclaimed armed struggle as the only means to obtain justice. He formed the Liberating Army of the Center and South in January 1914, controlling the state of Morelos in April.
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Carranza rejected Zapata's agrarian pretensions and Zapata decreed in Cuernavaca the delivery of land to the peasants. He met with Villa and the Convention of Aguascalientes was held, hostilities were broken and the Liberator Army and the Army of the Northern Division entered Mexico City.
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Zapata issued the General Administrative Law of the State, schools were reopened and production restarted. Naming Carranza President after the promulgation of the Constitution, he said he would put an end to Zapatismo.
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Zapata was killed in Chinameca on April 10, 1919, by Jesús Guajardo and his escort pretending to be his allies.