15-11-2013, 04:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 15-11-2013, 05:42 PM by Tracy Riddle.)
Read the whole thing at the link. There's also a good video about the 1954 coup.
Edit: Actually it looks like Corsi plagiarized the work of Canfield/Weberman.
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On July 26, 1957, Armas was assassinated at around 9 p.m. as he and his wife prepared to enter the dining room of the Presidential Palace.
Two bullets, one of which severed his aorta, struck him down, killing him instantly.
The assassin, identified as 20-year-old Romeo Vasquez Sanchez, was said to have committed suicide immediately, using the same rifle he had used to kill Armas.
The Guatemalan government identified Sanchez as a disgruntled soldier dismissed from the military in June 1955 because of his "communist ideology."
Yet, somehow, Sanchez managed to rehabilitate himself sufficiently to have been a member of the Presidential Palace Guard when he committed the assassination.
Little noticed by the international press at the time, Armas was assassinated just four days after trying to close a casino owned by an associate of U.S. mob figure Johnny Rosselli. At the time, Rosselli and Carlos Marcello, the "godfather" from New Orleans, were expanding their presence in Guatemala.
The Guatemalan Army claimed to have a 40-page handwritten diary in which the assassin referred to "a diabolical plan to put an end to the existence of the man who holds power."
The diary reportedly read: "I have had the opportunity to study Russian communism. The great nation that is Russia is fulfilling a most important mission in history … the Soviet Union is the first world power in progress and scientific research."
The Guatemalan government LAO claimed to have evidence that linked Sanchez to Moscow. The evidence produced was a card from the Latin American service of Radio Moscow that read: "It is our pleasure, dear listener, to engage in correspondence with you. We are very thankful for your regular listening to our programs."
Yet, no evidence was ever produced to prove Sanchez was ever a member of the Guatemalan Communist Party.
Parallels with Lee Harvey Oswald
There are many parallels between Sanchez and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Both were ex-military who left the service expressing distinct sympathies for communist Russia.
Assassination researchers Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartmann, in their 2005 book "Ultimate Sacrifice," point out that Oswald was "a seemingly communist ex-Marine who was able to get a job at a sensitive firm a Dallas company that helped prepare maps on U-2 spy plane photos even after he returned from his defection' to the Soviet Union."
Waldron and Hartman note that in comparison, the "Guatemala patsy" was described by the Guatemalan government as a communist fanatic who was expelled from the Guatemalan Army only six months before he assassinated Armas. Yet somehow Sanchez had still been allowed to join the Presidential Palace Guard.
How was that possible? Surely the Presidential Palace Guard would have been a sufficiently elite military unit to require a background check before they were hired. Waldron and Hartman further note both were ex-military who were described as communist nuts that killed a president with a rifle, conveniently leaving behind diaries rambling in communist propaganda.
There is no photographic proof that either Sanchez or Oswald were the assassins who pulled the trigger.
Neither had any witnesses who were in the room with them when they pulled the triggers.
Neither made any confession of their crimes.
Both were soon killed themselves with Jack Ruby shooting Oswald and Sanchez shooting himself, obviating any need for a criminal investigation or trial.
Both the Armas assassination and the JFK assassination were considered open-and-shut cases in which responsible government and law enforcement authorities declared the guilt of Sanchez and Oswald was obvious, such that doubters could be dismissed as "conspiracy theorists."
Both assassins were dead and buried a short time after the assassination, avoiding a prolonged time for grief or for unanswered questions to surface.
In neither case has any written record been produced of government interrogation. Oswald was questioned by Dallas Police, the FBI and/or Secret Service after his arrest. Sanchez was interrogated prior to being released from the military because of suspicions he was a communist.
In both cases, Sanchez and Oswald made perfect patsies because authorities openly proclaimed their guilt before trial, and their deaths made sure neither would have the opportunity to counter accusations.
The suicide of Sanchez closed the investigation of the Armas assassination, just as Jack Ruby murdering Oswald closed the investigation of the JFK assassination.
Edit: Actually it looks like Corsi plagiarized the work of Canfield/Weberman.
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http://jeromecorsi.wordpress.com/2013/11/
On July 26, 1957, Armas was assassinated at around 9 p.m. as he and his wife prepared to enter the dining room of the Presidential Palace.
Two bullets, one of which severed his aorta, struck him down, killing him instantly.
The assassin, identified as 20-year-old Romeo Vasquez Sanchez, was said to have committed suicide immediately, using the same rifle he had used to kill Armas.
The Guatemalan government identified Sanchez as a disgruntled soldier dismissed from the military in June 1955 because of his "communist ideology."
Yet, somehow, Sanchez managed to rehabilitate himself sufficiently to have been a member of the Presidential Palace Guard when he committed the assassination.
Little noticed by the international press at the time, Armas was assassinated just four days after trying to close a casino owned by an associate of U.S. mob figure Johnny Rosselli. At the time, Rosselli and Carlos Marcello, the "godfather" from New Orleans, were expanding their presence in Guatemala.
The Guatemalan Army claimed to have a 40-page handwritten diary in which the assassin referred to "a diabolical plan to put an end to the existence of the man who holds power."
The diary reportedly read: "I have had the opportunity to study Russian communism. The great nation that is Russia is fulfilling a most important mission in history … the Soviet Union is the first world power in progress and scientific research."
The Guatemalan government LAO claimed to have evidence that linked Sanchez to Moscow. The evidence produced was a card from the Latin American service of Radio Moscow that read: "It is our pleasure, dear listener, to engage in correspondence with you. We are very thankful for your regular listening to our programs."
Yet, no evidence was ever produced to prove Sanchez was ever a member of the Guatemalan Communist Party.
Parallels with Lee Harvey Oswald
There are many parallels between Sanchez and Lee Harvey Oswald.
Both were ex-military who left the service expressing distinct sympathies for communist Russia.
Assassination researchers Lamar Waldron and Thom Hartmann, in their 2005 book "Ultimate Sacrifice," point out that Oswald was "a seemingly communist ex-Marine who was able to get a job at a sensitive firm a Dallas company that helped prepare maps on U-2 spy plane photos even after he returned from his defection' to the Soviet Union."
Waldron and Hartman note that in comparison, the "Guatemala patsy" was described by the Guatemalan government as a communist fanatic who was expelled from the Guatemalan Army only six months before he assassinated Armas. Yet somehow Sanchez had still been allowed to join the Presidential Palace Guard.
How was that possible? Surely the Presidential Palace Guard would have been a sufficiently elite military unit to require a background check before they were hired. Waldron and Hartman further note both were ex-military who were described as communist nuts that killed a president with a rifle, conveniently leaving behind diaries rambling in communist propaganda.
There is no photographic proof that either Sanchez or Oswald were the assassins who pulled the trigger.
Neither had any witnesses who were in the room with them when they pulled the triggers.
Neither made any confession of their crimes.
Both were soon killed themselves with Jack Ruby shooting Oswald and Sanchez shooting himself, obviating any need for a criminal investigation or trial.
Both the Armas assassination and the JFK assassination were considered open-and-shut cases in which responsible government and law enforcement authorities declared the guilt of Sanchez and Oswald was obvious, such that doubters could be dismissed as "conspiracy theorists."
Both assassins were dead and buried a short time after the assassination, avoiding a prolonged time for grief or for unanswered questions to surface.
In neither case has any written record been produced of government interrogation. Oswald was questioned by Dallas Police, the FBI and/or Secret Service after his arrest. Sanchez was interrogated prior to being released from the military because of suspicions he was a communist.
In both cases, Sanchez and Oswald made perfect patsies because authorities openly proclaimed their guilt before trial, and their deaths made sure neither would have the opportunity to counter accusations.
The suicide of Sanchez closed the investigation of the Armas assassination, just as Jack Ruby murdering Oswald closed the investigation of the JFK assassination.
