Mario Sandoval Alarcón

Mario Sandoval Alarcón (May 18, 1923 – April 17, 2003) was a Guatemalan politician.

Biography

He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN). In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Arbenz.

He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974,[1] when he was sworn in as the Vice President.

Sandoval served as Vice President from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978 during the presidency of Kjell Laugerud.[2][3] In 1982, he placed second in that year's presidential election. He was unsuccessful again three years later, in 1985.

Sandoval was a leader of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL) and has been described as the “Godfather” of Central American death squads.[4] Between 1954 and 1985, more than 60,000 people, mostly indigenous, were killed.

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References
  1. "Diario de Centro America" (PDF). Congreso.gob.gt. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. "Figura vicepresidencial se ha opacado por funciones de Primera Dama". 29 October 2009.
  3. "Biografía política de Guatemala". Francisco Villagrán Kramer. 1993.
  4. Scott, Peter Dale. "Contragate: Reagan, Foreign Money, and the Contra Deal." Crime and Social Justice, No. 27/28, Contragate & Counter Terrorism: A Global Perspective, 1987, pp. 110-148. JSTOR 29766330
Preceded by
Eduardo Cáceres		 Vice President of Guatemala
1974–1978		 Succeeded by
Francisco Villagrán


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