Mario Sandoval Alarcón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mario Sandoval Alarcón

Guatemalan politician

Date of Birth: 18-May-1923

Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala

Date of Death: 17-Apr-2003

Profession: politician

Nationality: Guatemala

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mario Sandoval Alarcón (May 18, 1923 – April 17, 2003) was a Guatemalan politician.
He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN).
In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Arbenz. He served as President of the Congress from 1970 to 1974, when he was sworn in as the Vice President. Sandoval served as Vice President from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978 during the presidency of Kjell Laugerud.
In 1982, he placed second in that year's presidential election.
He was unsuccessful again three years later, in 1985. Sandoval deployed a series of death squads to continue the suppression that has plagued Guatemala for most of its existence.
Between 1954 and 1985, more than 60,000 people were murdered (mostly indigenous), which in turn eliminated any future threat possibilities to the elite class.