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Tribunal that condemned Rios Montt recuses itself from from presiding over the case

27 de Mayo

The Court of High Risk Crimes, where Presiding Judge Yassmin Barrios had sentenced retired military Jose Efrain Rios Montt to 80 years in prison, declined to continue with the trial, so it will be transferred to another court.

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The Supreme Court shall appoint new judges to serve on the court and continue with the trial from as it was before 19 April.

http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/Tribunal-tramitar-accion-Rios-Montt_0_926907493.html

May 27, 2013

On May 10, General Efraín Ríos Montt, former military leader of Guatemala, was found guilty of overseeing the deliberate killings by the armed forces of at least 1,771 members of the Maya Ixil population during his 1982-83 rule. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison.

Last Monday, May 20, Guatemala’s constitutional court overturned the conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity, throwing out all proceedings in his case since April 19. That was the day the Ríos Montt was temporarily left without a legal defense as his lawyer was briefly expelled from the courtroom after he accused the presiding judge of bias against him.

All the testimonies and witness statements heard from that point onwards will have to be delivered again, in addition to the concluding statements from both sides. There’s no indication of when that will happen.

This is so obviously a charade and a farce that it would be hilarious, except that we are talking about a brutal dictator who on May 10 was convicted of ordering the deaths of almost 2,000 Maya.

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http://www.care2.com/causes/brutal-dictator-rios-montt-gets-off-on-a-technicality.html