Sidronio Camacho was one of the soldiers of
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...
during the
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
and the killer of Emiliano's brother,
Eufemio.
On June 18, 1917,
[ Camacho killed Emiliano's brother, Eufemio Zapata, who had beaten up Camacho's father, at the time Eufemio's second in command, supposedly for drunkenness][Frank Mclynn, "Villa and Zapata", Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002, pg. 353]
/ref> (according to some sources, it was Eufemio who was drunk, not Sidronio's father [Samuel Brunk, "Emiliano Zapata: revolution & betrayal in Mexico", UNM Press, 1995, pg. 207]
/ref>), at Cuautla, Morelos, Cuautla, Mexico
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. Sidronio avenged his father by shooting Eufemio in the abdomen. He then threw his still-living victim on an anthill. This event earned him the nickname "''el loco Sidronio''" ("the crazy Sidronio").
Knowing Emiliano would want to avenge his brother, Sidronio sought out sanctuary with Zapata's enemies, the Carrancistas
This is a list of factions in the Mexican Revolution.
Carrancistas
Revolutionary followers of Venustiano Carranza from 1913 to 1914, and thereafter the Government army from 1914 until his death in 1920. In 1915, an insurgent group known as th ...
(followers of Venustiano Carranza
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...
), who granted him an amnesty.[Peter E. Newell, "Zapata of Mexico", Black Rose Books Ltd., 1997, pg 138]
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