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November 7, 2011

Former Military General Accused of Torture, Genocide Wins Guatemala Presidential Election 
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In Guatemala, former military general Otto Pérez won Sunday's
presidential election, making him the first former military official to
win the presidency in Guatemala since the end of the military
dictatorships in 1986. Perez has vowed to deploy troops on the streets
and increase the size of the police force in an effort to fight crime
and drug cartels. Human rights groups have accused Pérez of being
directly involved in the systematic use of torture and acts of genocide
in Guatemala in the 1980s.



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