Rafael Carrera José Víctor Zavala The Honduran-Guatemalan War (1853–1855) was a military conflict between the republics of Honduras and Guatemala sparked by the election of José Trinidad Cabañas, which opposed to the conservative ideologies of the guatemalan president, Rafael Carrera.

Cabañas organized two divisions and went to establish his headquarters in Gracias On May 24 (1853), the 200 soldiers he commanded deserted him; but this did not deter him, because realizing that the intrigue was trying to defeat him, he shot four officers he considered accomplices and with only 70 men, a number that increased with new recruitment, he entered Guatemalan occupied the square of Esquipulas on June 30, and Quezaltepeque on july 1 and occupied the towns of Chiquimula and Zacapa on the 2nd, all in Guatemalan territory.

Renewed hostilities followed, with Honduras' President Cabanas crossing the border, seizing artillery, and sacking Chiquimula.

Carrera, in pursuit, entered Honduras, looted Santa Rosa de los Llanos, and returned.

Carrera, facing political challenges upon returning to the presidency in 1854, supported a conservative revolt in Honduras, leading to the defeat of Cabañas in 1855.