1932 Trujillo Revolution

1932 Trujillo Revolution
	Part of the Third Militarism
	; Aprista troops occupy a trench in the neighbourhood of Mansiche during the revolution
Date	July 7–27, 1932
Location	Trujillo, Peru
Result	Government victory Persecution against American Popular Revolutionary Alliance sympathizers; Capture of revolutionaries American Popular Revolutionary Alliance sympathizers; Following the revolution, the Trujillo massacre occurred American Popular Revolutionary Alliance against the revolutionaries.;
Belligerents
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance	Government of Peru
Commanders and leaders
Agustín Haya de la Torre; Manuel Barreto Risco ; Alfredo Tello Salavarria; Cpt. Leoncio Manffaurt	Maj. Alfredo Miró Quesada; Col. Manuel Ruíz Bravo; Lt. Col. Eloy G. Ureta
Units involved
Thousands of insurrect men	1st Military Region
Casualties and losses
952 killed	327–513 killed
	7,000–9,000 civilians killed or executed

Revolution of Trujillo was a social and political conflict in Peru which began in Trujillo city on July 6, 1932. It started with an uprising led by Manuel Barreto (known as "Buffalo"), against President Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro.

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