Mario Méndez Montenegro (30 November 1910 31 October 1965) was an assassinated politician and the first elected mayor of Guatemala City. Méndez was born in Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, on 30 November 1910. He graduated as a lawyer in the national university of Nicaragua (). He was a founder of the Popular Liberation Front Party (, FLP), which supported future president Juan José Arévalo. It later became the Revolutionary Party (, PR) and Méndez became its presidential candidate. He was prevented from participating in the elections because he was assassinated with gunfire on 31 October 1965. See also César Montenegro Paniagua Julio César Méndez Montenegro Guatemalan Civil War References External links List of Mayors of Guatemala City (in Spanish) Assassinated Guatemalan politicians 1910 births 1965 deaths 1960s assassinated politicians