The Ariostazo

Earlier today, a brief revolt of the Tacna artillery regiment, led by General Ariosto Herrera, took place. Herrera is known to be a supporter of former president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, and seems to have been heavily influenced by his time as a military attaché to Italy. On May 21, 1939, as General Herrera was arriving to the Presidential Palace for a ceremony, he saw a red flag hanging from one of the balconies and in a sudden impulse grabbed it and tore it down, and this was the first time real suspicion was raised against him. Despite all this however, he had no large-scale support, and everything is fine again.