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Guatemala Tries Ex-Dictator Efra�n R�os Montt on Genocide Charges | Democracy Now!

22.3.13

Guatemala Tries Ex-Dictator Efra�n R�os Montt on Genocide Charges | Democracy Now!

In Guatemala, a landmark trial is underway against former U.S.-backed dictator Efraín Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt is charged in connection with the slaughter of more than 1,700 people in Guatemala’s Ixil region during a scorched-earth campaign purportedly aimed at rooting out guerrillas. He is the first head of state in the Americas to stand trial for genocide. On Tuesday, Nobel Peace Prize winner and indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchú welcomed the court proceedings.


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