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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Colonel Arana: guard your life . . . your assassination is plotted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...morning last week Arana drove out to Lake Amatitlan, twelve miles south of Guatemala City, to inspect a store of government arms. When he started back, gunmen trapped his car in the middle of a narrow, arched bridge, then opened up with machine guns. Arana and two companions were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Minute Less . . ." Arana's closest friends had been the officers of Fort Guardia de Honor, on the southeast edge of the city. When they got the news of the shooting, Colonel Jorge Barrios opened a case of Old Parr Scotch and called his officers into conference. Convinced that Arana had been murdered by pro-Arevalo killers, they determined to take over the government. The question was, who would form the junta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Next day Arevalo boasted, "Democracy has triumphed," then took some undemocratic measures. All newspapers and radio stations were closed; opposition leaders were thrown in jail. The army launched a purge of pro-Arana officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Strong Man Out | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Died. Colonel Francisco Javier Arana (37), chief of Guatemala's armed forces and heavily backed candidate for the presidency; by assassination; in Guatemala City's 20th conspiracy since March 1945 (see HEMISPHERE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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