1983 Guatemalan coup d'état
| 1983 Guatemalan coup d'état | |||||||
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| Part of Guatemalan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Guatemalan Armed Forces | Government of Guatemala | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores | Efraín Ríos Montt | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 dead | |||||||
The 1983 Guatemalan coup d'état was a palace revolt in Guatemala by the officer corps, led by then Defense Minister General Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, which successfully ousted General Ríos Montt. Mejía Víctores governed the country for three years until international pressure forced him to make democratic reforms. By 1986, power was relinquished to the democratically elected Vinicio Cerezo.