2013-05-12. Military Supporters Protest Against Genocide Verdict.
Guatemala City, Guatemala. May 12, 2013. Roughly around 100 supporters of the armed forces gathered Sunday morning at 10 AM to protest outside Matamoros Barracks where former general and ex de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt is held imprisoned. Rios Montt was recently convicted for genocide and crimes against humanity during Guatemala’s civil [...]
2013-05-10. Former Head of State Rios Montt, Guilty of Genocide
Guatemala City, Guatemala. May 10, 2013. For the first time in world history, a former head of state was not only tried for genocide and crimes against humanity in a national court, but found guilty of these charges. Former Guatemalan de facto head of state Jose Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled Guatemala from March 1982 [...]
2013-05-09. On day 26 of the Genocide Trial, Rios Montt Finally Declares.
Guatemala City, Guatemala. May 9, 2013. On the 26th day of the historic Genocide trial against former de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt and his Head of Intelligence Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, the prosecution and defense gave their closing statements and the main accused, Rios Montt, finally declared.
2013-04-18. On day 20, the Genocide Trial is Abruptly Cancelled.
Guatemala City, Guatemala. April 18, 2013. Events took a wild turn on the twentieth day of the genocide trial against former de facto dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and former Intelligence Director José Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez. First, the defense lawyers abruptly walked out in protest to Judge Jazmin Barrios’ denial for a postponement. Afterwards, during a [...]
2013-03-19. Genocide Trial begins in Guatemala
Images from the first day of the historic trial against former de facto dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and former Intelligence Director José Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez.
2011-06. Former General Hector Lopez Fuentes: First arrest in connection to Genocide in Guatemala
General Lopez Fuentes, accused of genocide makes first court appearance after arrest.
2008-01. Spanish Embassy Massacre: 28th Anniversary
28 years since the Spanish Embassy massacre of 37 peasant leaders by State forces. Guatemala City.
2007-12. HIJOS: No More Military Impunity
Constitutional Court declares Spain has no jurisdiction in prosecuting former military leaders.
2007-10. Plan de Sanchez: Never again such Savagery
“What we want is penal justice against those responsible for the massacre.”
2007-10. Visit to the Forensic Anthropological Foundation
Ten years after the signing of the Peace Accords, the search for war victims continues.
