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President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.
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Carlos Humberto Romero
President of El Salvador from 1977 to 1979
Carlos Humberto Romero Mena was a Salvadoran general and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1 July 1977 until his overthrow on 15 October 1979. Romero was the final president of the El Salvador's military dictatorship that had ruled since 1931.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
Overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military coup d'état that occurred in El Salvador on 15 October 1979. The coup, led by young military officers, bloodlessly overthrew military President Carlos Humberto Romero and sent him into exile. The National Conciliation Party's firm…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)