Voice of America: Rios Montt's Lawyers Walk Out of Guatemala Genocide Trial

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Rios Montt's Lawyers Walk Out of Guatemala Genocide Trial Apr 18th 2013, 20:31 A session in the genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt ended abruptly on Thursday, as his lawyers tried to suspend proceedings over a legal technicality and stormed out, leaving him sitting alone in court. Rios Montt, who ruled between 1982-83, was ordered to trial for genocide and crimes against humanity in January to answer for a counterinsurgency plan that killed more than 1,700 members of the Ixil indigenous group during Guatemala's long civil war. The ... Media files: 4E8B4C83-97ED-46CF-97F0-AB80A0E9F01D_cx0_cy6_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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