 After United Fruit bought out Cuyamel, Sam Zemurray, a strong supporter of the Liberal Party, left the country and the Liberals were short on cash by the 1932 general election.Mejía Colindres, however, resisted pressure from his own party to manipulate the results to favor the PLH candidate, .As a result, the PNH candidate, Carías, won the election by a margin of some 20,000 votes.