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In October 1983, Rios Montt was removed in a coup by disgruntled army
officers. Among other complaints, they objected to the president's evangelism:
he had become a tele-evangelist, and preached regularly on television, calling
on Guatemalans to come to Jesus and be saved. Conservative Catholic officers,
and younger men who had studied in the United States, did not appreciate the
call.
The Reagan administration had approved the 1983 coup (though it did not
initiate it). The new president, General Oscar Mejia Victores, introduced a new
pacification plan, to be carried out with American help, called the "Plan
of Assistance to the Areas of Conflict" (PAAC)...
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