Manuel Palafox

Manuel Palafox
Palafox, c. 1915
Birth nameManuel Palafox Ibarrola
Born1887
Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Died(1959-04-25)25 April 1959
(aged 72)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Buried
AllegianceLiberation Army of the South, later Carranza
Years of service1911–1918[2]
RankGeneral and advisor
Battles / warsMexican Revolution

Manuel Palafox Ibarrola (1887 – 25 April 1959), known as El Ave Negra (English: The Black Bird), was a Mexican military who participated in the Mexican Revolution with the title of general, as well as being the trusted emissary, personal secretary and one of the most close revolutionaries to Emiliano Zapata.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Acta de defunción de Manuel Palafox". FamilySearch (in Mexican Spanish). 26 April 1959. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ Almazán, Yet Akatzin (6 September 2022). "Manuel Palafox: "Ave negra" gay que encabezó la Revolución". homosensual (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Manuel Palafox, el revolucionario más cercano a Emiliano Zapata". infobae (in Mexican Spanish). 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ^ "UNAM expone inédita carta de Emiliano Zapata". Fundación UNAM (in Mexican Spanish). 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.