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Background Zapata had supported Madero against the regime of Porfirio Díaz . Díaz was deposed and Madero was elected president. He took office on June 7 , 1911, and soon after had a meeting with Zapata where he demanded the disarmament of Zapata's army as a precondition for discussion of the land issue. Unsatisfied, Zapata returned to Morelos arguing that if the people were not able to achieve justice after rising in arms, there was no guarantee they would achieve it without them. Finally, after Madero's appointment of a governor who supported plantation owners and his failure to settle the land issue to Zapata's satisfaction, the peasant leader mobilized his army again. The Plan The Plan was drafted with the help of local schoolteacher—and Zapata's mentor— Otilio Montaño Sánchez . It detailed Zapata's ideology and vision succinctly in the cry ''"Tierra, Justicia y Ley!"'' ("Land, Justice and Law!"), later shortened to ''" Tierra Y Libertad! "'' ("Land and Freedom!", a phrase first used by Ricardo Flores Magón as the title for one of his books). The main points in the Plan were:
The June 1914 amendment was prompted by Orozco's betrayal of the movement, which forced Zapata to become head of the Revolution. The amendment ratified the original intent of the Plan and called for a continuation of the conflict until the deposition of President Victoriano Huerta —who had ordered Madero's murder—and the establishment of a government loyal to the principles of the Plan. Aftermath The Plan raised Zapata's profile and support from the lower classes in the Mexican South, as reflected by the increased membership to his '' Ejército Libertador Del Sur '' ("Liberation Army of the South"). Allied with Francisco Villa and Venustiano Carranza they were able to depose Huerta and bring a degree of order to the country, albeit temporary. Zapata quickly came to be in disagreement with Carranza and his '' Congreso Constituyente '' and took up arms once again. Carranza ultimately put a bounty on Zapata's head, resulting in his assassination on April 9 , 1919. Reference
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