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Coup dEtat in America: The CIA and the

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

by Alan J. Weberman and Michael Canfield

1992

Who Really Killed Kennedy?

by Jerome R. Corsi

2013

On July 26, 1957, President CarlosCastillo-Armas was shot down at about 9:00

p.m. as he and his wife prepared to enter the

dining room of the Presidential Palace. He

was struck by two bullets, one of which

severed his aorta. A communiqu identified

the assassin as Romeo Vasquez Sanchez, 20

years old; it said he immediately committed

suicide with the same rifle he had used to kill

the President....The Guatemalan Government

described Romeo Vasquez Sanchez as

aCommunist fanatic who was expelledfrom the Guatemalan Army six months ago

for Communist ideology, but had joined the

Presidential Palace Guard...

It claimed to have a 40-page handwritten

diary in which the assassin referred to a

diabolic plan to put an end to the existence of

the man who holds power. The diary read: Ihave had the opportunity to study Russian

communism. The great nation that is Russia

is fulfilling a most important mission in

historythe Soviet Union is the first world

power in progress and scientific research.

The Guatemalan Government claimed to have

found evidence on the person of Romeo

Vasquez Sanchez that linked him to Moscow.

The evidence turned out to be a card from the

Latin American service of Radio Moscow

that read: It is our pleasure, dear listener, toengage in correspondence with you. We are

very thankful for your regular listening to

these programsno evidence ever turned up

that Romeo Vasquez Sanchez was a member

of the Guatemalan Communist Party.

On July 26, 1957, President Armas wasassassinated at around 9:00 p.m. as he and his

wife prepared to enter the dining room of the

Presidential Palace. Two bullets were fired,

one of which severed his aorta and killed him

instantly. The assassin, identified as

twenty-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 Romeo Vasquez Sanchez as a

disgruntled soldier dismissed from themilitary in June 1955 because of his

Communist ideology. Yet, somehow,

Romeo Vasquez Sanchez managed to

rehabilitate himself sufficiently to have been

a member of the Presidential Palace Guard

when he committed the assassination.

The Guatemalan Army claimed to have a

forty-page handwritten diary in which the

assassin referred to a diabolical plan to put

an end to the existence of the man who holdspower. 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

historythe Soviet Union is the first world

power in progress and scientific research.467

The Guatemalan government claimed to have

evidence that linked Romeo Vasquez 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.468 No

evidence was ever produced to prove Romeo

Vasquez Sanchez was ever a member of the

Guatemalan Communist Party.