Julio César Méndez Montenegro

Julio César Méndez Montenegro

Julio César Méndez Montenegro (November 23, 1915April 30, 1996) was the Revolutionary Party President of Guatemala from 1 July 1966 to 1 July 1970. He was the first cousin of César Montenegro, who had served as diputado during the presidency of Guatemala's freely-elected, socialist-leaning president Jacobo Árbenz, who was overthrown by a small group of Guatemalans backed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).The CIA codename for the coup was Operation PBSUCCESS, its second successful overthrow of a foreign government. César Montenegro was kidnapped, tortured and murdered during the Julio César Méndez presidency, and it is rumored the assassination was undertaken with presidential sanction.


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