 He also applied the same punishment to deserters who left the Zapatista army in order to go back to work on the haciendas.His injury and this practice earned him the nickname of "mochaorejas" - "clipper of ears".He became part of the "Zapatista's" ruling Revolutionary Junta, headed by Emiliano Zapata, in May 1913, together with Eufemio Zapata, Genovevo de la O, Amador Salazar, Otilio Montaño Sánchez, and Manuel Palafox (who acted as the secretary).