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to join forces at the hacienda of Chinameca. In the early afternoon of April 10, 1919, Zapata<br />

rode into the hacienda with just a handful of his men, indicating to the rest of them that they<br />

should wait some distance away. A bugle sounded four times, and when Guajardo’s soldiers<br />

were to deliver a military salute to Zapata, they instead pointed their rifles at him and his small<br />

contingent. The men waiting for him heard the two volleys, and saw his now-riderless horse run<br />

toward them, covered in blood. They knew their leader had been slain.<br />

Soon after, signs containing one of Zapata’s mottos began appearing around Morelos, as both<br />

a memorial and an inspiration for his men to continue the fight: “It is better to die on your feet<br />

than to live on your knees.”

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