GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The defense lawyer for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt said Friday that a Guatemalan judge violated due process when she issued unprecedented genocide charges against Rios Montt for conduct during the country’s bloody civil war….

Judge rules that Guatemala’s former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt must face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
Human rights groups celebrated on Friday after a court in Guatemala ruled that the former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, who presided over one of Latin America’s bloodiest civil wars, will face trial on [...]

A Guatemalan judge ruled Thursday that there was sufficient evidence to try Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide for abuses committed during the ex-general’s 1982-1983 military dictatorship.

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Ex-Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt is placed under house arrest after a judge rules he should be tried on genocide charges.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity as the Central American nation seeks to close files on a brutal 36-year civil war.

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Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala’s former military dictator, was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the country’s long civil war.