would be short-lived. In March 1982, after increasing discontent in the Guatemalan Armed Forces regarding the perceived corruption and incompetence of the military command, a group of junior officers launched a coup d'etat, overthrowing the administration of Fernando Romeo Lucas García. A new military junta was installed, with General Efraín Ríos Montt as President. The Ríos Montt administration carried out a brutal counterinsurgency campaign against the guerrillas and their alleged supporters, killing thousands of civilians in the process. Although the new counterinsurgency campaign weakened the strength and resolve of the guerrilla forces, it did not eliminate them. By the mid-1980s, the guerrilla forces had reorganized, with ORPA playing a larger role in the URNG alliance than before. References Guatemalan Civil War Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Guerrilla movements in Latin America Left-wing militant groups Paramilitary organizations based in Guatemala 1971 establishments in Guatemala