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Ex-Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes in a landmark ruling stemming from massacres of indigenous people in his country’s long civil war. Rios Montt thus became the first Latin American ex-dictator convicted of trying to exterminate an entire group of people, in…
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt battles genocide charges
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt denied charges he ordered a massacre of indigenous people during his 1982-1983 regime, as he testified for the first time at his genocide trial. “I declare myself innocent,” the 86-year-old told the court after asking to take the stand in the final arguments of…
Guatemala judge drops ex-dictator’s genocide trial
The current genocide trial against ex-Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was dropped Thursday in a surprise legal move, but a judge is likely to launch fresh proceedings, officials said. The development, on account of procedural reasons, will delay public deliberations over events that have divided the country for 30 years.…
Genocide trial against former dictator begins in Guatemala
A genocide trial started Tuesday against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who is accused of presiding over one of the bloodiest chapters of his country’s brutal civil war. Judge Jazmin Barrios opened the proceedings despite attempts by the defense team to postpone the trial against the 86-year-old former strongman,…
Guatemala ex-dictator to be tried for genocide
A judge in Guatemala on Monday ordered the trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt for genocide in the killings of more than 1,750 indigenous people during his 1982-83 regime. The 86-year-old Rios Montt sat stoically as Judge Miguel Galvez ordered the opening of a trial “for the crimes of…
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