Genocide trial sentence overturned; CALDH press conference called sentence, “An opportunity for peace”
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court emitted a resolution late Monday evening to annul the genocide trial verdict and revert proceedings back to April 19. Judge Barrios of the First Court [...]
Sentence of Dignified Reparations for the Ixil People
On May 10, Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, in an historic ruling that sentenced him to 80 years in [...]
Ríos Montt: Guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity
Today in Guatemala, Judge Yazmin Barrios found former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. The court ratified all the elements of genocide described [...]