Christmas Putsch
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| Christmas Putsch | |||||||||
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| Part of the Reigns of Terrors | |||||||||
 Camisas Negras marching into San Salvador on the day of the putsch. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Carlos Hernández Videla (POW) |
 Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez Adolfo IV Jaime Cabañeras Zapata | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 4,000 | 12,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 35 dead, 1,212 arrested | 11 dead | ||||||||
The Christmas Putsch, also called the 1923 Creeperian Putsch, occurred on December 25, 1923. The putsch attempted to overthrow the Creeperian Parliament as part of the Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front’s plan of a Creeperian Revolution.