Rios Montt Trial

• Supporters of ex-Guatemala dictator Rios Montt protest outside prison over genocide verdict

  At least 500 people have protested outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

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  May 12, 2013
  
• Ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt convicted of genocide in Guatemala, sentenced to 80 years

  A Guatemalan court convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the first such sentence ever handed down against a former Latin American leader.

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  May 10, 2013
  
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• Verdict expected today in Guatemala’s landmark genocide trial

  A verdict is expected in the next few hours in Guatemala’s historic genocide trial.

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  May 10, 2013
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• Guatemala genocide trial reopens

  The genocide trial against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt resumed Tuesday after being suspended for 12 days amid appeals. It then went into a two-day recess to allow a new lawyer time to learn the case.

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  Apr 30, 2013
• Guatemala genocide trial may resume today

  Plaintiffs in the historic trial of Guatemala's former military dictator could learn today whether the case will resume, nearly two weeks after it was suspended.

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  Apr 30, 2013
• Guatemala’s genocide trial — a ‘tangled’ path to justice

  Survivors of a horrific era of Guatemala’s history -- one of murder, torture, rape and kidnappings – relived their and their families’ ordeals in courtroom testimonies for much of the last month, only to learn their legal saga may have to start over.

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  Apr 29, 2013
• Genocide trial of former Guatemala dictator may start from scratch

  Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one.

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  Apr 24, 2013