Ex General Efrain Rios Montt testifying during the trial - Guatemala, 2013
'Ex General Efrain Rios Montt testifying during the trial.
He declared himself innocent: “I am innocent. I never had the intention of destroying any national ethnic group. My role as head of State was specifically to bring the nation back on track, after it had gone astray.” Photo: Elena Hermosa.'
On May 10, 2013, Ríos Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison (50 years for genocide and 30 years for crimes against humanity). Ríos Montt is the first former head of state to be convicted of genocide by a court in his own country.
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