Sanad ka dib, howlgalkii PBSuccess, CIA waxay ka caawisay ciidamada maxalliga ah inay ridaan xukuumadii bidix ee Jacobo Árbenz ee si dimuqraadi ah loo doortay ee Guatemala ayna u soo ridaan kaligii taliyihii milatariga Carlos Castillo Armas. Shirkadda United Fruit Company waxay u ololeysay in Árbenz la tuuro maadaama dib-u-habeyntiisa dhulku ay halis gelisay dhulkooda ku yaal Guatemala, waxayna dib-u-habeyntan u sawirtay inay tahay hanjabaad shuuci ah. Afgambigaasi waxa uu bilowday mudo tobanaan sano ah
Dagaal sokeeye oo galaaftay nolosha qiyaastii 200,000 oo qof (42,275 kiis oo shaqsi ah ayaa la diiwaangeliyey), badiyaa iyada oo loo marayo 626 xasuuq oo ka dhan ah dadka Maya ee ay geysteen militariga Guatemala ee ay taageerto Mareykanka. Guddi madaxbanaan oo taariikhi ah ayaa ogaaday in shirkadaha Mareykanka iyo saraakiisha dowladda "ay cadaadis saaraan si ay u ilaaliyaan qaab dhismeedka bulsho-dhaqaale ee dalka oo ah mid qadiim ah oo aan caddaalad ahayn", iyo in kaalmada militariga Mareykanka ay leedahay "saameyn weyn ku leh xadgudubyada xuquuqda aadanaha inta lagu jiro iskahorimaadka hubaysan".