[[John Carrette]] was a Full Gospel businessman and a former [[U.S. Army]] Ranger in [[Vietnam]]. He aided and supported [[General Ríos Montt]], who became president of [[Guatemala]] in an army coup in March 1982. According to Carrette, the then-presidents of [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], and [[Honduras]] were all Full Gospel.[^1] Carrette later became the Executive Vice President of FGBMFI ([[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International]]) and helped set up [[Jimmy Hughes]] in [[Honduras]]. Hughes stated that Carrette "god-fathered" him into the Fellowship and that he had been in the Fellowship ever since.[^1] --- ### Footnotes [^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.