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...been a big occasion for Julio César Méndez Montenegro. By a vote of 35 to 19, Congress-acting in the absence of an absolute majority after the presidential elections last March-chose Méndez Guatemala's 21st President, to succeed Military Strongman Enrique Peralta on July 1. But if he felt any joy or relief, Méndez was keeping it to himself. Of more concern to him was the unhappy fact that Castro-backed terrorists were up to their old tricks again in his troubled little Caribbean nation. It was clearly a foretaste...
...week's election, when guerrillas kidnaped Government Information Chief Baltasar Morales and Supreme Court President Romeo de León, killing Morales' son and his chauffeur in a blaze of pistol fire. Contacting the Guatemalan Red Cross, the guerrillas said that the pair would be released after Peralta gave an accounting of the fate of 28 leftists arrested two months ago. None has been heard from, and there is a strong suspicion that some or all of the 28 were executed without a trial...
...kidnapers, the government last week announced that only ten of the 28 had in fact been picked up; of those, nine had been released and one escaped. This was news to their bewildered relatives, who tearfully besieged government offices for any scraps of information. Refusing further comment, Peralta reimposed the year-old state of siege, which had been lifted in March...
...Guatemala, after three years of military government, Strongman Enrique Peralta permitted more than 450,000 Guatemalans to go to the polls and in a free and open election reject two military candidates in favor of a civilian: Julio César Méndez Montenegro, 50, leader of the moderate Revolutionary Party. The quiet, colorless dean of the University of Guatemala's law school, Méndez Montenegro promised to promote new industry, head off inflation and, most important of all, create a government completely free of military influence. He rolled up more votes in Guatemala City than...
...GUATEMALA, Castroite terrorists have been exploding bombs, killing policemen and invading small towns with worrisome frequency. The latest outrage was the machine-gun murder two weeks ago of the country's Vice Minister of Defense. Colonel Enrique Peralta Azurdia, head of the country's two-year-old junta, has declared a state of siege, and is considering postponing the presidential election promised for fall...