Jorge Carpio Nicolle
1908 births | 1993 deaths | assassinated diplomats | assassinated guatemalan people | assassinated guatemalan politicians | deaths by firearm in guatemala | terrorism deaths in guatemala | terrorism in guatemala
Jorge Carpio Nicolle (June 26, 1908 – July 3, 1993) was a Guatemalan politician and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of the Unión del Centro Nacional (UCN) in 1984, and ran as the party's candidate for president in the elections of 1985 and 1990. He came in second in both elections. He was the director and editor of El Grafico, at one time one of Guatemala's largest newspapers. He also served as Guatemala's Ambassador to the United Nations. > He was assassinated in July 3, 1993, along with three other political leaders of the UCN, in the municipality of Chichicastenango, El Quiché. Surviving witnesses reported that the murders took place after the group was intercepted by members of a Guatemalan Civil Defense Patrol, a type of paramilitary unit under the control of the Army. >
Carpio's first cousin, Ramiro de León Carpio, was later appointed President after the failed auto-coup by Jorge Serrano Elias. >
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