Tag: <span>Genocide</span>
July 8, 2015 > Staff
Former Guatemalan Dictator on Trial For Genocide Declared “Unfit”
Top Story — An official team of government-backed doctors declared 89-year-old former Guatemalan dictator Jose Efraín Ríos Montt is “mentally incompetent,” a consensus that could stall his ongoing trial on […] Read More >
March 2, 2012 > Staff
Amnesty Denied For Former Guatemalan Dictator Facing Genocide Charges
Today in Latin America Top Story — Guatemalan Judge Miguel Angel Gálvez ruled Thursday that former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt could not receive amnesty from prosecution for war crimes. Ríos Montt, […] Read More >
June 24, 2011 > James Rodriguez
Ex-Guatemalan General Appears In Court On Charges Of Orchestrating Massacres
GUATEMALA CITY — Former General Héctor López Fuentes made his first court appearance on June 20, three days after police arrested him on charges of orchestrating genocide against Guatemala’s Ixil […] Read More >