1958: Ydigoras Presidency   Col. Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes elected after the Armas assassination. Increasing military corruption and permission for anti-Castro Cuban exiles to train in Guatemala result in military revolt. 1962: Creation of the FAR   Ex-military officers, Guatemalan communist party members and students band together to form the first Guatemalan guerrilla group: the Armed Rebel Force (FAR). United States begins counter-insurgency training for the Guatemalan armed forces. 1966 - 1970: Montenegro Presidency   Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro elected and provides a civilian facade under which counter-insurgency intensifies, effectively wiping out the FAR. The use of napalm and death squads initiated during this period, resulting in some 30,000 deaths, most of these civilians. 1970 - 1974: Arana Presidency   Col. Carlos Arana Osorio initiates a second wave of "pacification" as president. 15,000 killed or "disappeared" in first 3 years of his term. Emergence of the Guerrilla Army of the Poor (EGP). Practitioners of liberation theology begin to support organization and resistance on the part of poor, rural indigenous peoples.