OTILIO EDUARDO MONTAÑO
1877 - 1917

Otilio worked in Yautepec when he met Amador Salazar, Zapata's cousin.

Otilio had a solid voice, so when the Plan of Luis Potosi was read in Villa de Ayala, he yelled "¡Abajo las Haciendas y Vivan los Pueblos!", Down with the haciendas, long live the towns. The date? March 11, 1911.

Check Otilio's entry in the timeline of the Mexican Revolution.

From then on Otilio tried to become a soldier for the Revolution. Together with José Trinidad Ruiz, he formulated the Plan of Ayala, which Emiliano Zapata had thought up in the first place.

Otilio E. Montaño became an important man for the Liberation Army of the South, or Ejército Libertador del Sur. Zapata made him the head of his delegation to the Revolutionary Convention of Aguascalientes in 1914. But Montaño got sick and Paulino Martínez was appointed head of delegation instead.

In January 1914, Montaño was sent to the state of Guerrero. On January 18, Montaño signed a treaty with General Julián Blanco, by which the latter committed himself to the Plan of Ayala.

From June 15 to July 29, 1915, Montano was the Secretary of Public Instructions.

After a revolt among revolutionaries Montaño is charged with treason and gets executed. Check this event in the timeline of the Mexican Revolution.

Otilio Montaño's Family
Otilio's father was Esteban Montaño. Otilio's mother was Guadalupe Sánchez.
 

Otilio Montaño's short biography
December 13, 1877 - Birth in Villa de Ayala, Morelos, Mexico
Grade school Guillermo Prieto in Cuautla
Teacher at Tepalcingo and Jonacatepec
Director of the School of Villa de Ayala
Professor at Yautepec
 

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