Guatemala ex-dictator to be tried for genocide
- Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 03.44
- Online news: World
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.
Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt attends a court hearing in Guatemala City on January 28, 2013. A judge in Guatemala on Monday ordered the trial of 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 genocide" and crimes against humanity, while relatives of victims lit firecrackers outside the Supreme Court.
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