To find a similar national response, we would have to go back to the self-coup attempted by former President Serrano in 1993, or even to the demonstrations preceding the 1944 Revolution. Women, men and even children were struck down in violent confrontations between anti-riot police and provocateurs in the capital, while the most violent incidents in the rest of the country took place in Totonicapán.
La protesta tuvo alcance nacional. Para hallar algo parecido hay que remontarse a la reacción nacional ante el "Serranazo" en 1993 y mucho más atrás, a las manifestaciones previas a la Revolución de 1944.