 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ríos Montt haana kuita basa ripi neripi rinokosha mukubudirira kweC.I.A. kunotsigirwa kwe1954achipesana naPurezidhendi Jacobo Arbenz. Akakwira mumapoka ehondo yeGuatemala, uye muna 1970-72 akashanda somutungamiriri wePolytechnic School. Muna 1972, muhurumende yemutungamiri wenyika yaGeneral Carlos Arana Osorio, Ríos Montt akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general uye muna 1973 akava Chief of Staff wemauto. Zvisinei, akabviswa pachigaro ichocho pashure pemwedzi mishomanene bedzi uye, kuchivhiringidza kwake kukuru, akatumirwa kuInter-American Defense College, muWashington, D.C. Maererano nenyanzvi yezvemagariro evanhu David Stoll, achinyora muna 1990, Ríos Montt akanga asina kuwirirana nomutungamiriri wemauto kubvira paakaiswa parutivi napurezidhendi wemauto Gen. Carlos Arana Osorio muna 1974. 