Reply #4: They don't seem to want to let go of Guatemala, once Reagan [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

got a taste for supporting mad dog killers like "Christian" Efrain Rios Montt:

Guatemala Reacts to Intl Arrest Orders For Ex-Dictators & Military Leaders Responsible for Genocide
albert id 21 Jul 2006 14:24 GMT

Guatemalan human rights activists met with members of the UN High Commission for Human Rights to discuss state amnesty laws on Wednesday in response to a landmark decision by a Spanish judge on July 7 to issue international arrest orders against former dictators and top military officers on charges of genocide after more than two decades of impunity.

Efraín Ríos Montt, who served as president of the Guatemalan National Congress as recently as 2004, is one of eight individuals sought for crimes including genocide, terrorism, torture and illegal detention.

According to a UN-sponsored Truth Commission the 36-year civil conflict, in which Ríos Montt´s presidency (1982-1983) was one of the bloodiest, resulted in the death or disappearance of upwards of 200,000 people– the overwhelming majority of whom were indigenous Maya. They calculate that at least 626 state-led massacres occurred during this period.
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http://www.indymedia.org/fr/2006/07/843051.shtml