Caco Revolt

Years 1918 1920 Battle deaths 2,102 Between 1911 and 1915, a series of political assassinations and forced exiles saw the presidency of Haiti change six times. Various revolutionary armies carried out this series of coups. Each was formed by cacos, or peasant brigands from the mountains of the north, along the porous Dominican border, who were enlisted by rival political factions under the promises of money, which would be paid after a successful revolution, and the opportunity to plunder. In 1919, a new caco uprising began, led by Charlemagne Peralte, vowing to