June 27, 1954: Elected Guatemalan Leader Overthrown in CIA ...
June 27, 1954: Elected Guatemalan Leader Overthrown in CIABacked Coup. On June 27, 1954, democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was deposed in a CIAsponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company. Arbenz was replaced by decades of brutal backed regimes who committed widespread torture and ...