Coup dEtat in America: The CIA and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy by Alan J.

Weberman and Michael Canfield 1992 On July 26, 1957, President Carlos Castillo-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 expelled from the Guatemalan Army six months ago for Communist ideology, but had joined the Presidential Palace Guard...

Who Really Killed Kennedy? by Jerome R. Corsi 2013 On July 26, 1957, President Armas was assassinated 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 the military 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 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 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.

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: 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. 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, to engage 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.