Plan of Ayala announced by Emiliano Zapata

Date

1911-11-11

Title

Plan of Ayala announced by Emiliano Zapata

What occurred

The Plan of Ayala was a document drafted by Zapata that called for the overthrow of Modero and presented a land reform policy. Zapata accused Madero of abandoning the pueblos by not enacting agrarian reform. The Liberation Army, which was tasked with carrying out this task, would be led by Orozco (who was not consulted before this announcement). Zapata proposed that one-third of the large hacienda estates would be yielded to villages, and that if a hacienda resisted this reform, they would lose two-thirds of their estates; in addition to providing land for municipalities, their assets would provide pensions for widows and children of soldiers.

Location

Benito Juárez 2, Centro, 62700 Cd Ayala, Mor., Mexico

Student name(s)

Alex Appel

Tag(s)

Inflection Point

Mexico

Resistance

Something Fierce