Guatemala Trials December 12, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada After 25 Years in United States, Guatemalan Accused of Mass Atrocities to Face Charges …This was at the height of the genocide being carried out by de facto president Efraín Ríos Montt, who was in power between March 23, 1982 and August 8, 1983….
Guatemala Trials December 5, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Another Senior Military Official Indicted on Genocide Charges in Guatemala …charges relate to events during the government prior to that of Ríos Montt, led by General Fernando Romeo Lucas García (1978-1982). Originally accused in 2011 along with Ríos Montt and…
Guatemala Trials November 28, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Court Indicts Senior Military Officials for Genocide …Clarification, as well as statements by the late Guatemalan General Héctor Alejandro Gramajo, who was Chief of the General Staff of the Guatemalan army under Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983) and…
Guatemala Trials November 25, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Judge to Rule on Indictment of Senior Military Officials in the Maya Ixil Genocide Case …was the beginning of the military’s scorched-earth operations, which would continue under the subsequent military government led by General Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983). During the time period in question, the…
Guatemala Trials November 12, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Former Guatemalan Army Chief Accused of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and Forced Disappearance …the lives of 95 people from his village of Ilom, in Chajul. AJR was also a civil party in the genocide case against former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and his chief of…
Guatemala Trials November 1, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Proceedings in the Third Ixil Genocide Trial Postponed …against former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and his chief of military intelligence, Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez. The present case involves 31 massacres in which 1,128 people were killed; the destruction of…
Guatemala Trials October 25, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Former Chief of Military Operations Arrested in Maya Ixil Genocide Case …controversial ruling that partly suspended the proceedings and thereby vacated the conviction. After a four-year delay, Ríos Montt and Rodríguez were ultimately prosecuted a second time in separate proceedings. Ríos…
Guatemala Trials October 4, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Suspect in Maya Achi Sexual Violence Case Makes Key Admission in US Court …Ríos Montt, in relation to the CREOMPAZ case, but he reportedly died five days before the warrant for his arrest was issued on January 6, 2018. The Army Chief of Staff at…
Guatemala Trials September 5, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada In Defiance of Court Rulings, Guatemalan Congressional Leaders Push Amnesty Bill …vote in the presidential elections. Mendoza García was the chief of military operations and third-most senior member of the military high command during the government of Efraín Ríos Montt. He…
Guatemala Trials August 2, 2019December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt and Paulo Estrada Guatemalan Congress Leads Attack on Rule of Law over Amnesty Bill …was the Chief of Military Operations during the government of Efraín Ríos Montt. In September 2018, a court determined that the Guatemalan army committed genocide against the Maya Ixil population….