Conventionists

Conventionist Army
Ejército Convencionista
LeaderPancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata
Dates of operation1914 (1914)–1917 (1917)
Merger ofDivisión del Norte
Liberation Army of the South
Split fromConstitutional Army
CountryMexico Revolutionary Mexico
AlliesFélix Díaz, Aureliano Blanquet
OpponentsCarrancistas
Battles and warsMexican Revolution:
Pancho Villa (left) and Emiliano Zapata

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.