Mexican revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata assassinated on April 10, 1919.

El buen Emiliano, que amaba a los pobres, quiso darles libertad, por eso los indios de todos los pueblos con él fueron a luchar. De Cuauhtla hasta Amecameca, Matamoros y el Ajusco, con los pelones de el viejo don Poñuio se dio gusto. ¡Trinitaria de los campos, de las vegas de Morclos, si preguntan por Zapa� di que ya se fue a los ciclos! Le dijo Zapata a don Pancho Madero, cuando era ya gobernante: -Si nos das las tierras, verás a los indios de nuevo entrar al combate … Los manifiestos a la División Arenas y los pueblos tlaxcaltecas

The good Emiliano, who loved the poor, He wanted to give them freedom, That’s why the Indians of all the towns With him they went to fight. From Cuauhtla to Amecameca, Matamoros and Ajusco, With old Don Poñuio’s bald men he was happy. Trinitarian of the fields, of the meadows of Morclos, If they ask about Zapa, say that he has already gone to the cycles! Zapata told Don Pancho Madero, when he was already ruler: -If you give us the lands, you will see the Indians enter the fray again… The manifestos to the Arenas Division and the Tlaxcaltecan towns

 

Emiliano Zapata
From the Threshold Centennial of Mexican Revolution 2nd Issue
Issued by Mexican Post Office November 29, 2009
Designed by Vivek Luis Martínez Avín

Emiliano Zapata is one of the most significant figures in Mexican history. In early 1911 he and a small group of campesinos from the south-central state of Morelos joined a broader rebellion against the regime of long-time president Porfirio Díaz. They fought to stop haciendas from continuing to infringe on the land and water rights of peasant communities in their state and to recover resources that had already been lost. They fought, too, for local liberties—for the right of villagers to take greater responsibility for their own destiny. They fought, in sum, for conditions crucial to the preservation of their rural culture.
Remembering Emiliano Zapata: Three Moments in the Posthumous Career of the Martyr of Chinameca | Hispanic American Historical Review | Duke University Press (dukeupress.edu)

The Murder, Memory and Myth of Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata (remezcla.com)