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Luis Garcia Meza Tejada
Luis Garcia Meza Tejada is a former Bolivian dictator. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the reign of dictator Hugo Banzer (1971-78). Garcia Meza became Dictator in 1980.
Dictator
Garcia Meza gained power in 1980 as the result of the so-called "Cocaine Coup" of July 17, 1980. It resulted in dozens of deaths. The Argentinian army unit Batallon de Inteligencia 601 participated in the coup.
Of extremely conservative anti-communist persuasion, he endeavored to bring a Pinochet-style dictatorship that was intended to last 20 years. He ...
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