Guatemala Trials January 6, 2015December 15, 2020 by Emi MacLean & Sophie Beaudoin Eighteen Months After Initial Conviction, Historic Guatemalan Genocide Trial Reopens but is Ultimately Suspended
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 19, 2013September 14, 2020 by Kate Doyle Day 20: Defense Attorneys Walk Out of Trial in Protest; Preliminary Court Judge Annuls Trial as Attorney General Calls Action Illegal and Promises Legal Challenge
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 17, 2013September 14, 2020 by Kate Doyle As Trial Nears Conclusion, Defense Witnesses Absent and Hearing Cut Short
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 12, 2013September 14, 2020 by Matt Eisenbrandt Prosecution Presents International Law Expert, and More Forensics
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 5, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Day 10: Witness Implicates President Perez Molina in Massacres
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 4, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Prosecution witnesses describe forced adoptions and assimilation, and forced conscription
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 3, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Witnesses testify to rape in Rios Montt genocide trial; defense also objects to documents
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 26, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean 'They came only to kill': More testimony on massacres as outside protest claims no genocide occurred
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 22, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Day three: defense challenges witness integrity as testimony continues
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 20, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Trial opens with statements, prosecution witnesses, after defense challenges rejected