Guaitiazo

Guaitiazo
Politicians and protesters being arrested in the aftermath of the Guaitiazo
Date 23-26 April 1945 Location Guaitiao, Montilla Action Murillo's Ancla Nacional and soldiers of the DMR fight loyalist troops and take strategic points around the country and the capital. President Arturo Guillén is arrested and deposed. Result Renovationalist coup d'état successful Leonardo Murillo takes power and becomes Caudillo of Montilla Yanagua rebellion
Belligerents
Montilla Montillan Armed Forces National Police of Montilla	ARENA Ancla Nacional Renovationalist Military Directory
Commanders and leaders
Arturo Guillén   Alexander Sanz Emmanuel Fernandino  † Abel Berganza  †	Leonardo Murillo Emanuel Sarmiento David Illescas Santiago Lacasa Marco Alárcon
Political support
Liberals Social Democrats Conservatives Communists	Renovationalists Nationalists

The 1945 Montillan coup d'etat (Spanish: Golpe de Estado de la Montilla de 1945), coloquially known as the Guaitiazo, was an organized coup d'etat orchestrated by Leonardo Murillo's National Renewal Alliance and the Renovationalist Military Directory from the 23 of April to the 26 of April, 1945, overthrowing President Arturo Batista Guillén, ending the Third Republic of Montilla (1898-1945) and initiating the Renovationalist dictatorship (1945-1958).