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1997 Tepēilhuitl Crisis (Pulacan)

Tepēilhuitl Crisis of 1997
Part of the Pulatec lost decade
Tanks loyal to the coup plotters stationed along the A1 highway into Aachanecalco.
Date 16 April–2 May 1997 (18 teōtlehco—14 tepēilhuitl, 1253 XP) Location Pulacan, primarily Aachanecalco, Mabesekwa and Mohembo Result Coup failed, democratic rule consolidated Pantla Papalotl resigns as General Secretary Dozens of members of the Pulatec Security Forces imprisoned T.B. Tshola and co-conspirator C.A. Aztatzontzin die in custody Eventual resignation of President Capanilli Tezozomoctli Pulatec general election of June 1997
Belligerents
Union State government Union Security Forces National Gendarmerie (all units except those loyal to Tshola) Yocoxcaquizque Pulacan Popular Alliance for the Republic	Committee for Justice and Reconciliation National Gendarmerie (units loyal to Tshola)	Parliamentary opposition Supreme Colloquy Office of the General Secretary Juwa Party Nguzo Party Supported by: AON
Commanders and leaders
Capanilli Tezozomoctli	T.B. Tshola † C.A. Aztatzontzin †	Pantla Papalotl (after 20 April)
Strength
All of the Pulatec uniformed services except for the rebels	1,200 men Dozens of military vehicles	N/A
Casualties and losses
2 coup conspirators, 3 protestors

The Tepēilhuitl Crisis of 1997 was a month-long period of social and political unrest in the Union State of Pulacan.

The crisis culminated in an attempted coup d'etat against Tezozomoctli by elements of the National Gendarmerie led by Colonel Thabo Banika (T.B.) Tshola.

Background

Main article: Lost Decade (Pulacan)

By 1997, Pulacan had spent 5 years enduring its worst economic recession since the end of the Great Kayatman War. The steel market collapse that induced the recession was exacerbated by the compounded mistakes of multiple administrations. The bombshell exposure of chronic mismanagement by the Secretariat of Finance in early 1993 had resulted in then-General Secretary Motlasi Themba (M.T.) Chabaya committing a fatal act of autodefenestration from the Republican Palace in Mabesekwa, the seat of the Supreme Colloquy. Thus, voters went to the polls in October of 1993 in an atmosphere of shock, institutional mistrust, and economic frustration.