Emiliano Zapata – 1919
“Better to die on your feet than live on your knees!” THE CRIME: Emiliano Zapata played a leading role in the civil wars that raged in Mexico between 1910 and his death in 1919. Born in San Miguel on 8 August 1879 (some sources say 1883), he began his revolutionary activities aged only 18 when… Read More »