Montillan Revolution

Montillan Revolution
Part of Era of Civil Wars
Montillan revolutionaries in the Guaitiao Royal Hotel, 1957
Date 08 January 1951 – 11 July 1957 (6 years, 5 months and 3 days) Location Montilla Result Montillan Revolutionary Movement victory Overthrow of the National Renewal Alliance and Leonardo Murillo Establishment of a government led by Miguel Guerra and Eduardo Velázquez
Belligerents
Montilla Montillan Armed Forces National Renewal Alliance	Montiillan Revolutionary Movement Montillan Freedom Front Anti-Renovationalist Action
Commanders and leaders
Leonardo Murillo   Santiago Lacasa  † Lorenzo Secada Marco Alarcón  † Emanuel Sarmiento   David Illescas	Miguel Guerra Eduardo Velázquez Martina Manzanedo Vicente Manzanedo Alonso Cazalla  † Emiliano Correa
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 1951 and 1957, at the time, ruled by Leonardo Murillo and the fascist National Renewal Alliance.