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A group of journalists and photojournalists attend a press conference held by the three presidential candidates and running mate to claim voter fraud in the 1982 elections against Ángel Aníbal Guevara. The man standing on the left is holding a microphone while the man standing on the right is holding his hands in the air. The men kneeled in front of them are holding their cameras. A military coup prevented Guevara from assuming power and installed a three-man junta headed by General Efraín Ríos Montt. Un grupo de periodistas y fotoperiodistas asisten a una conferencia de prensa organizada por los tres candidatos presidenciales y el candidato a las elecciones para reclamar un fraude electoral en las elecciones de 1982 contra Ángel Aníbal Guevara. El hombre parado sobre la izquierda de la imagen sostiene un micrófono mientras que el hombre parado sobre la izquierda sostiene sus manos en el aire. Los hombres agachados en frente de ellos sostienen sus cámaras. Un golpe de estado militar previnó que Guevara asumiera el poder e instaló una junta de tres militares encabezada por el general Efraín Ríos Montt.
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