Anahuense Civil War
Gran Rugidoan Civil War | |||||||
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Part of Rugidoan Political Crisis | |||||||
File:Civil War 1968-1970.jpg Clockwise from left: Bombardment of the Presidential House; a soldier standing on the ruins of Los Canas; two jets engaging each other during the Battle of the Jilachi Desert; soldiers of the Unidad y Fuerza and civilians celebrating the end of the war in 1970; NRP tanks entering Santiago de Lujambio in 1968; AGR Santisima Trinidad being destroyed in the defense of Roca Roja. | |||||||
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National Reorganization Process National Support National Workers Syndicate of Gran Rugido. Rugidoan Socialist Party |
National Support Error creating thumbnail: File missing Batallón Doliente de Córdoba | ||||||
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20,000 - 30,000 killed | 7,000 - 15,000 killed | ||||||
70,000–80,000 killed (in total) 8,000 disappeared 410,000 internally displaced |
The Gran Rugidoan Civil War (Español: Guerra Civil Gran Rugidoense, colloquially referred as “La Definitiva” or 4th Rugidoan Civil War amongst historians) was fought in Gran Rugido from 1968 to 1970 between the military-led junta government of the “National Reorganization Process” and supporters of the legitimate government of the nation -or “Loyalists”-, leaded by Susete Hernández Niño and several pro-democracy guerrillas. The war began with a coup d'état carried out in May 1968 by revolutionary leftists led by the army under the command of Leobardo Zavala, who dethroned President Hernández and declared Gran Rugido as “the paradise” for progressives. The President and remaining loyalists escaped to the Roca Roja Island where she rallied popular and loyalist support to retake the mainland, escalating rapidly to a full-scale civil war.
The last war of the political crisis that have engulfed the nation ever since the end of the Rugidoan Spring, the conflict lasted for 2 years, 4 months and 2 weeks and included the deliberate terrorizing and targeting of civilians by government death squads including prominent clergy from the Catholic Church, the recruitment of child soldiers and other human rights violations, mostly by the NRP, but also with reports of the loyalist government and supporting factions. An unknown number of people disappeared and the AWA states that between 70,000 and 75,000 people died in the conflict. The war ended with the Capture of Laurua on September 19, 1970 and the subsequent Santa Elisa Peace Accords were signed on September 24.