Guatemala and ran as a candidate for the vice-presidency for the Frente Nacional de Oposición in the 1974 elections. Having been elected has a member of congress for Quetzaltenango, he started the preparations for the foundation of the Social Democratic party (PSD). Alberto Fuentes Mohr was assassinated on 25 January 1979, shot by a caliber 45 in his car on his way from the Congress to his home, in an attack that lasted 32 seconds. Former Guatemala City mayor and leading opposition politician Manuel Colom was also assassinated. Those were times of political repression by the right-wing military dominated government during the regime of General Romeo Lucas (president from 1978 until he was overthrown in 1982 by another right-wing faction of the military). Published works Impuestos sobre los intermediarios financieros y sus operaciones. Organización de Estados Americanos, Oficina de Finanzas Públicas in San José, Costa Rica. 1973 Prizes 1957: Commander in the Order of the Quetzal, in recognition for his efforts to promote the development of the Latin American Economic integration, and the Central American Common Market in particular. See also List of kidnappings List of solved missing person cases References External links Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Revised Edition. pp. 40–41. 1927 births 1970s missing person cases 1979 deaths 20th-century economists Assassinated Guatemalan politicians Central American University faculty Commanders of the Order of the Quetzal Deaths by firearm in Guatemala Finance ministers of Guatemala Foreign ministers of Guatemala Formerly missing people Government ministers of Guatemala Guatemalan economists Kidnapped Guatemalan people Kidnappings in Guatemala Male murder victims Missing person cases in Guatemala People murdered in Guatemala People of the Guatemalan Civil War Terrorism deaths in Guatemala