Guatemala City coup topples Lucas Garcia junta forms
In Guatemala City tanks and artillery targeted the National Palace as junior officers ousted President Romeo Lucas Garcia. A five man provisional junta formed then trimmed to three led by Gen Jose Efrain Rios Montt. Streets erupted in celebrations as mass protests and Armed forces shift signaled pursuit of a new democracy amid looming civil conflict.
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Guatemala junta vows police purge and elections
Gen Horacio Maldonado, interior minister and junta figure, says the new government will purge the police of repressors and set up investigations into disappearances from Lucas Garcia era. He promises free elections soon, though no date given, as authorities report 16 more torture-marked deaths nationwide.
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