Amador Salazar
Amador Salazar Jiménez | |
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Amador Salazar Jiménez (30 April 1868 – 16 April 1916) was a Mexican military leader who participated in the Mexican Revolution.
Early life
He was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos on April 30, 1868, as the son of León Salazar and Gertrudes Jiménez.[1] He was also a cousin of Emiliano Zapata,[2] as his father was brother to Zapata's mother, Doña Cleofas Salazar.[1]
Before the outbreak of the revolution, Salazar worked as a laborer on the estate of the governor of Morelos and chief of staff to
Mexican revolution
In 1910 Salazar organized his own group of guerillas and participated in the fight against the regime of Porfirio Díaz. Allied with Zapata, in 1911, he was one of the signatories of the Plan of Ayala.[4]
When Zapata broke with
On the Zapatista Junta
In May 1913, he was made part of the Revolutionary
During the first part of 1914, Salazar operated in the area near
Death and burial
He was killed by a stray bullet on April 16, 1916[2] and was buried in a pyramid shaped mausoleum in Tlaltizapán, dressed as a charro.[9]
References
- ^ a b Bibliotecas Virtuales de Mexico, "Amador Salazar Jimenez" 1868-1916", quoting Valentín López González, "Los Compañeros de Zapata", 1980, [1] Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Samuel Brunk, "Emiliano Zapata: Revolution & Betrayal in Mexico", UNM Press, 1995, pg. 190, [2]
- ^ John Womack, "Zapata y la Revolución Mexicana", Siglo XXI, 1978, pg. 73, [3]
- ^ "The Plan De Ayala". Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ^ Samuel Brunk, "Emiliano Zapata: Revolution & Betrayal in Mexico", UNM Press, 1995, pg. 71, [4]
- ^ a b c Frank McLynn, "Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution", Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002, pg. 185, [5]
- ^ Samuel Brunk, "Emiliano Zapata: Revolution & Betrayal in Mexico", UNM Press, 1995, pg. 102, [6]
- ^ David Marley, "Historic Cities of the Americas: an Illustrated Encyclopedia, Volume 1", ABC-CLIO, 2005, pg. 266, [7]
- ^ Enrique Krauze, "Mexico: Biography of Power : a History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996", HarperCollins, 1998, pg. 301, [8]