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Weekly Report - 02 February 2012 (WR-12-05)
GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina faces a challenge
It took more than 25 years but former military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983) is finally to face trial for genocide and war crimes committed during Guatemala’s civil war (1960-1996). Last week a local judge announced that there was “sufficient evidence” to try Ríos Montt, an enduring figure in Guatemalan politics, who has previously evaded justice due to the immunity he enjoyed as a national legislator. This ended earlier this month as new deputies, picked in the September vote (in which the 85-year-old did not stand), took up their seats. Hailed as the biggest breakthrough yet in the country’s efforts to address its bloody past, the case poses a challenge for new President Otto Pérez Molina, a former head of military intelligence, despite his declared commitment to human rights.
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