Mario Sandoval Alarcón

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.

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.

With the assistance of the CIA and most notably during the Reagan administration, 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.

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v t e Vice Presidents of Guatemala Vice Presidents (1956–) Ortiz González López Urrutia de León Marroquín Ralda Cabrera Chávez Molina Chávez Marroquín Cáceres Sandoval Villagrán Mendoza office vacant, 1982–86 Carpio Espina Herbruger Flores Asturias Reyes Stein Espada Baldetti Second Vice Presidents (1956–66) Juan Francisco Oliva G. Flores Avendaño Guillén Castillo Urrutia Gómez Carranza Ubico R. Flores Avendaño Montenegro