 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukusarudzwa kwa1948 Calderón akanga arizve mukwikwidzi nokuda kwehutungamiri. Dare reNational Electoral Court rakazivisa kwenguva pfupi kuti mumiriri wevanopikisa Otilio Ulate Blanco akasarudzwa kwenguva pfupi, asi Calderón Guardia akaisa hunyengeri uye akaendesa kuCongress kusabvumidzwa kwesarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika, kunyangwe zvisiri zvemitemo, umo vatsigiri vake vakawana ruzhinji. Musi waMarch 1, 1948, Congress - uko mubatanidzwa wevaCalderonists nevaKomonisiti waiva nevazhinji - yakamisa sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika. Ikoku kwakaparira hondo yavagari vemo, umo mauto ehurumende akakundwa nemauto evapanduki caudillo José Figueres Ferrer. Calderón akaenda kunhapwa muNicaragua, uye muna December 1948 akapinda muCosta Rica achitsigirwa nehurumende yomudzvinyiriri weNicaragua Anastasio Somoza García, asi nhimbe yacho - inozivikanwa sokurwisa-kuchinja - yakakundikana. Calderón akatamira nemhuri yake kuMexico, uye muna 1955 akaita kurwisa kwechipiri kweCosta Rica, achitsigirwa naSomoza García, Rafael Leónidas Trujillo naMarcos Pérez Jiménez, asi mauto ake akakundwa. Mauto evapanduki akatora guta remuganhu reVilla Quesada musi wa 12 Ndira. 