An armed security guard watches as Judge Jazmin Barrios leaves for deliberations. 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 to August 1983, was sentenced to 80 years of jail. Guatemala City, Guatemala. May 10, 2013.
Rios Montt Genocide Trial
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