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November 18, 2016

Guatemala: U.S.-Backed Former Dictator Ríos Montt to Face Genocide Trial
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In Guatemala, a judge has ruled former U.S.-backed dictator Efraín Ríos
Montt will face trial on charges of genocide for a massacre in 1982 that
killed 273 indigenous people, nearly half of them children. On
Wednesday, the judge ruled he will be represented by his lawyers, as
he's been ruled mentally unfit for trial. Ríos Montt was found guilty of
genocide in 2013, but a court annulled his 80-year sentence less than
two weeks later.
Topics:Guatemala

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