It was during this episode that in Mexico City there were several urban stories of both armies, in its streets or popular places, such as the bullet that Villa would leave the opera inside the bar, or the images of the waitresses of the house of the tiles, serving lunch to the Soldiers of Zapata. In rural regions south of Mexico City Several stories around the leader would also be registered, on the occasion of his stay prior to the entrance to the capital.
A woman observes the body of Emiliano Zapata who, from that moment, became the legend of the peasant revolution.Casasola Archive, National Photo Library, INAH.
The decline of Zapata's movement
In February 1917, Carranza headed the promulgation of the Political Constitution where the agricultural cast and land restitution to the peasants was legalized. Zapata had become, for the following year, a rebel who continued to «cause problems» to the constitutionalist government.
In 1919, through deception, Zapata was summoned for a meeting that would allegedly bring the addition of federal soldiers (headed by General Jesús Guajardo) to his army. The appointment would be given at the Chinameca farm on April 10 And Zapata arrived with a 10 -men escort. Upon entering the hacienda, the military began the touch of honor with the clarines and at the end of the last note, opened fire against the southern leader, who died from the impact of 20 shotgun bullets in several parts of the body. From that moment, Zapata went from being the revolutionary, to the martyr and hero of national peasant struggles.
After his death, Zapata's body was buried in the Municipal Pantheon of Cuautla to later be transferred to the South Revolution Square, where he currently rests.Casasola Archive, National Photo Library, INAH.
The emergence of legend: Zapata
Zapata's body He currently rests at the South Revolution Square, in Cuautla, Morelos. There have been several attempts to transfer it to the monument to the revolution, where the remains of the main leaders of the movement rest. However, his family refuses, because there is Venustiano Carranza. The remains of what was his childhood house in Anenecuilco, Morelos, remain as a pilgrimage center as part of the «Zapatista Route», created as a tourist axis of the State.
Zapata is the figure of a man who has become the symbol of an entire nation that identified with his struggle.