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===Palm Sunday coup===
{{Main|Palm Sunday Coup}}
Twelve years of autocratic rule followed. Martínez withheld democratic and civil rights. On 2 March 1944, a [[Palm Sunday]], the landowners, intellectuals, students and also some sections of the Salvadoran armed forces rebelled. The First Infantry Regiment and the Second Artillery Regiment of [[San Salvador]] joined the rebels as did the Garrison of [[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]]. Santa Ana was bombed from the air.<ref>Ackerman P. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LMe2CgAAQBAJ&dq=palm+sunday+coup+salvador+1944&pg=PA252 ''A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-violent Conflict''] St. Martin's Press, 2015 p252 {{ISBN|125010520X}}</ref> The rebellion was put down by the remaining loyal sections of the military. Reprisals of torture and execution of those who had joined the rebellion followed. Martial law was put in place. However, in May 1944, non-violent protest leading to a [[general strike]] caused Martinez to fall from power.<ref>Zunes S. [https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/el-salvador-1944/ El Salvador: 1944] International Center on Non-violent Conflict website. Accessed 27 February 2018</ref>