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Former Guatemala Leader Guilty of Genocide
Former military leader Efrain Rios Montt sentenced to 80 years in jail over massacres of indigenous people in the 1980s.
From Al-Jazeera – May 11, 2013
A Guatemalan court has convicted former military leader Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.
A three-judge tribunal on Friday issued the verdict after the nearly two-month trial in which dozens of victims testified about horrific atrocities.
Prosecutors said Rios Montt must have had knowledge of the massacres of Ixil, indigenous people of Mayan descent living in Guatemala, when he ruled the country from March 1982 to August 1983 at the height of its 36-year civil war.
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