Military Coup in Guatemala 1982

American disapproval of the Guatemalan government's scorched earth policy to deal with guerrilla activity in the highlands, and president General Romeo Lucas Garcia's own corruption, led to a coup in 1982 organized by junior officers, in which General Rios Montt was finally brought to power. He reined in the death squads in the cities, and allowed a greater freedom of political action there, but accelerated the fight in the countryside.

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Fighting Never Stopped, 432.

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