Conventionist Army | |
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Ejército Convencionista | |
Leader | Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata |
Dates of operation | 1914 | –1917
Merger of | División del Norte Liberation Army of the South |
Split from | Constitutional Army |
Country | ![]() |
Allies | Félix Díaz, Aureliano Blanquet |
Opponents | Carrancistas |
Battles and wars | Mexican Revolution: |
The Conventionists were a faction led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata which grew in opposition to the Constitutionalists of Venustiano Carranza and Álvaro Obregón during the Mexican Revolution. It was named for the Convention of Aguascalientes of October to November 1914.