El Carupanazo

El Carupanazo
Date 4 May 1962 Location Carúpano, Venezuela Result Government victory
Government-Insurgents
Venezuelan government	Military rebels
Commanders and leaders
Rómulo Betancourt	Jesús Teodoro Molina Villegas Pedro Vegas Castejón Héctor Fleming Mendoza
Military support
Armed Forces of Venezuela	Rebel forces
Casualties and losses
56 dead 400 arrests

El Carupanazo was a short-lived military rebellion against the government of Rómulo Betancourt, in which rebel military officers commanding the Third Marine Infantry Battalion and the 77th National Guard Detachment took over the city of Carúpano in May 1962.^[1] The rebellion was followed a month later by another in Puerto Cabello, El Porteñazo.