A Tribute to the Trance Colonel of the Revolution Failed

Mexico City.- The military failed to recognize Trans Col. Amelio Robles for the first time in a ceremony marking the 113th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution.

A soldier who took part in an armed conflict and acquired his gender identity was called by his name before the transition.

“We remember brave Mexican women like Amelia Robles, the heroines of the Mexican Revolution,” National Defense Secretary Luis Crescencio Sandoval said in his speech.

During the parade, a themed car was announced featuring women like the pioneers of the revolution, Maria Arias, Maria Pistolas and Amelio Robles, although she may not have been recognized in that capacity.

However, the vehicle was identified as Col. Amelio Robles.

According to feminist historian, researcher and author Gabriela Cano, “this Zapatista guerrilla, originally from Guerrero, was born in 1889, in which a woman was assigned to him, the gender he recognized in his childhood and youth”.

“At that time she answered to the name Amelia and was characterized as an unusual woman in the historical context in which she found herself, because from an early age she learned to use weapons and control horses, activities socially and culturally associated with men,” he adds.

In 1912, when Amelio was 23 years old, he joined the revolutionary struggle through the Zapatista ranks.

Their participation focused on courier missions, arms and food smuggling, armed conflict and special missions.

As a result of his entry into the military ranks, he demanded to be respected and recognized as Amelio.