The Plan of Ayala helped raise support for Zapata by uniting smaller rebellions under the common banner of land reform. This was evident in increased membership to Zapata’s Ejército Libertador del Sur ("Liberation Army of the South"). Zapata used the Plan to determine who he could trust during the Revolution. In 1914, the army allied with northern revolutionaries led by Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa to defeat Huerta and succeeded in the same year. Zapata quickly came to be in disagreement with Carranza and his Constituent Congress and took up arms once again. Zapata joined forces with Villa again to take on Carranza and Obregón because of disagreements over land reform outlined in the Plan of Ayala. Zapata mainly kept to Morelos in his battles and on April 10, 1919 was killed on Carranza’s orders. His body was displayed in Cuautla to show the public that he was truly dead. After his death, the Zapatistas never regained as much influence as they had had when he was alive.
