Weekly Report - 16 March 2004

GUATEMALA: Ríos Montt held on riot-related charges

Central America & Caribbean 16 March 2004 Modified: 16 March 2004 267 views

Former military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, more recently president of congress and leader of the Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG), has been charged with a series of criminal offences related to the disturbances of July last year, which claimed one life. He has been placed under house arrest.

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