1927 Salvadoran coup attempt

1927 Salvadoran coup attempt
	President Pío Romero Bosque (left) and coup leader and former president Jorge Meléndez (right)
Date	6 December 1927
Location	San Salvador, El Salvador
Result	Coup failure
Belligerents
Salvadoran government	Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Pío Romero Bosque; Enrique Leitzelar;	Jorge Meléndez; Alfonso Quiñónez Molina; Federico Kreitz (POW); Juan Enrique Aberle ; Manuel Alfaro Noguera ; Carlos Carmona (POW);
Strength
Unknown	500 militiamen
Casualties and losses
None	100+ arrested; 2+ executed

On 6 December 1927, the Meléndez–Quiñónez political dynasty of El Salvador attempted to overthrow the government of President Pío Romero Bosque. Former presidents Jorge Meléndez and Alfonso Quiñónez Molina and former chief of police Federico Guillermo Kreitz attempted to overthrow Romero's government in an attempt to restore the political dynasty's power after Romero distanced himself from the dynasty's rule.

On 6 December, Colonel Juan Aberle and Major Manuel Noguera attempted to inform both Romero and police chief Colonel Enrique Leitzelar that a military junta had deposed Romero and elected Aberle as president. Both Romero and Leitzelar rejected this information and Romero had Aberle and Noguera arrested, court-martialed, and executed by firing squad. Hundreds of conspirators were arrested while Meléndez, the coup's chief plotter, fled El Salvador for exile.