Montillan Revolution

Montillan Revolution
Part of Era of Civil Wars
Montillan revolutionaries in the Guaitiao Royal Hotel, 1957
Date 08 January 1952 – 11 December 1958 (6 years, 11 months and 3 days) Location Montilla Result Montillan Revolutionary Movement victory Overthrow of the National Renewal Alliance and Leonardo Murillo Establishment of a Revolutionary Provisional Government
Belligerents
Montilla Montillan Armed Forces National Renewal Alliance	Montillan Revolutionary Movement National Liberation Front Supported by: Sukong
Commanders and leaders
Leonardo Murillo   Santiago Lacasa  † Lorenzo Secada   Marco Alarcón  † Emanuel Sarmiento   David Illescas	Miguel Guerra Eduardo Volquemán Martina Manzanedo Vicente Manzanedo Alonso Cazalla  † Ramón Sáez Santino Aderolde  †
Strength
25,200 (1957)	2,100 (1957)
Casualties and losses
3,210 killed	1,500 killed

The Montillan Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Montillana) was a military and political revolution aimed at overthrowing the government of Montilla between 1952 and 1958, at the time, ruled by Leonardo Murillo and the fascist National Renewal Alliance.