Fernando Romeo Lucas García (4 July 1924 – 27 May 2006) was a military officer and politician who served as the 37th president of Guatemala from July...

captain Fernando Romeo Lucas García inherited Saquixquib and Punta de Boloncó farms in northeastern Sebol. In 1963 he bought the farm "San Fernando" El Palmar...

defense minister to pursue his presidential campaign, general Fernando Romeo Lucas García also happened to hold the position of coordinator of the Northern...

candidate of the National Liberation Movement but was defeated by Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Peralta was born on June 17, 1908, in Guatemala City. He studied...

than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García being elected president by Congress with 35 votes, amidst an...

aligned with the Revolutionary Party to secure the election of Fernando Romeo Lucas García. However, after this victory internal divisions within the party...

wife of former President Fernando Romeo Lucas García. She was secretly married on October 12, 1978, to Fernando Romeo Lucas García in the Presidential House...

General Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Romeo Lucas replied, "You are mistaken, there are no guerrillas in the area". Despite the denial of Gen. Romeo Lucas, the...

of the Republic of the Philippines Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1924–2006), Guatemalan general José Guillermo García (born 1933), Salvadoran Army brigadier...

1 August 1982, though they began before that under President Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Officially, participation was voluntary, but many were forced...

military overthrow in Guatemala by junior military officers, ousting the Romeo Lucas Garcia administration and installing a three-man military junta headed by...

and 1982, but it had been used under the previous president, Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Upon entering office, Ríos Montt implemented a new counterinsurgency...

Gospel Outreach Church. In 1982, discontent with the rule of General Romeo Lucas García, the worsening security situation in Guatemala, and accusations of...

immediately reported the matter to Minister of Defense, General Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Romeo Lucas replied, "You are mistaken, there are no guerrillas in...

husband's estate, she retired from public life, in 1976 President Fernando Romeo Lucas García decorated her with the Order Dolores Bedoya de Molina for her...

Peralta Méndez, the DCG candidate, came second to Fernando Romeo Lucas García. During Lucas García's tenure, 150 members of the DCG were murdered. The...

flights"). Along with former Presidents José Efraín Ríos Montt and Fernando Romeo Lucas García, President Mejía was charged with murder, kidnapping and genocide...

and naval officers to Guatemala, under contract from President Fernando Romeo Lucas García, to assist the security forces in counterinsurgency operations...

History in 1978. In 1979, due to death threats from the general Fernando Romeo Lucas García regime, Martínez Peláez had to go into exile once again with...

killing the Salvadorans. 1982 – Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín...

President (1970–1974) Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, President (1974–1978) Fernando Romeo Lucas García, President (1978–1982) Efraín Ríos Montt, President...

convicted. In 2024, General Manuel Benedicto Lucas García (brother of President Fernando Romeo Lucas García) was placed on trial for genocide, crimes against...

to power via a coup in 1982, overcoming the forces of General Fernando Romeo Lucas García. Thirty years later, Ríos Montt was found guilty of overseeing...

Guatemala In office 12 September 1980 – 23 March 1982 President Fernando Romeo Lucas García Preceded by Francisco Villagrán Kramer Succeeded by Rodolfo Lobos...

and the protégé of Arana Osorio, Fernando Romeo Lucas García of the PID was elected to the presidency. Lucas García tried to solidify his hold on power...

captain Fernando Romeo Lucas García inherited Saquixquib and Punta de Boloncó farms in northeastern Sebol. In 1963 he bought the farm "San Fernando" El Palmar...

Party's running mates in the 1978 general election which saw Fernando Romeo Lucas García elected as President. Francisco Villagrán Kramer became vice-president...

Guatemalan coup d'état: A group of military officers overthrew Fernando Romeo Lucas García, bringing Efraín Ríos Montt to power. 1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état:...

officers launched a coup d'etat, overthrowing the administration of Fernando Romeo Lucas García. A new military junta was installed, with General Efraín Ríos...

in the late 1970s and early 1980s under the presidencies of Fernando Romeo Lucas García and Efraín Ríos Montt, with over 18,000 documented killings in...