On 22 January 1932, indigenous and communist peasants staged a revolution in El Salvador against the regime of President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez. The rebels took over large portions of western El Salvador and killed an estimated 100 people during the first day. In response, President Hernández Martínez ordered the Army to put down the uprising by force. The ensuing killings became known as La Matanza where anywhere from 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed. Augustín Farabundo Martí was execution following the uprising and Miguel Mármol was arrested. He was released and later rearrested and rereleased in 1934 while attempting to flee to Honduras. While he was incarcerated, the chief of police told him that was going to surely die. He remained in El Salvador and later became the president of the National Alliance of Shoemakers.