Genocide Trial
US-backed General Efrain Rios Montt

At 6:45pm, May 10, 2013, general Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. A courageous, precedent setting achievement, all the moreso as repression, impunity and racism continue today in Guatemala. To date, there have been no justice processes against US political or military officials for the direct role of the US in Guatemala’s genocides. In this archive, a small collection of articles and reports about this historic trial and verdict.

2003 June 09 - USA Concerned About HR in Guatemala. Right!

2006 June 27 - Petition in Support of Legal Cases in Guatemala

2006 July 10 - Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrants for War Criminals in Guatemala

2006 November 12 - Arrest Warrants Against Former Military!

2007 March 18 - Prensa Libre Article: Plan Sofia Comes to Light

2008 February 04 - Guatemala & the Genocide Cases, What to Do & How to Get Involved

2008 February 05 - The Genocide Case in Spanish Courts; Information from the CJA

2008 May 27 - Threats Against People Dealing with Crimes of the Past

2011 September - An Open Letter in Support of the Genocide Legal Trials in Guatemala

2011 October 17 - Arrest Warrants for Genocide & War Crimes in Guatemala

2012 January 25 - Guatemala - A Tale of Two ‘Genocides’ Generals

2012 January 27 - Former General Rios Montt Must Stand Trial for the Crime of Genocide

2012 March 09 - Mass Grace Exhumations Continue … Genocide Trials Continue

2012 August 26 - Genocide Trials Continue Courageously, 30 Years Later…

2013 February 13 - Need for International Accountability for Genocide in Guatemala

2013 March 10 - Genocide Trial Against Rios Montt to Begin March 19th

2013 April 11 - Guatemalan President, Otto Perez Molina, Named as Intellectual Author of Genocide

2013 May 04 - Ixil Genocide Trial in Guatemala

2013 May 09 - Update: Genocide Trial in Guatemala; “How Reagan Promoted Genocide”, Article by R. Parry

2013 May 12 - 6:45pm, May 10, 2013: Guatemalan General Guilty of Genocide

2013 May 19 - Genocide in Guatemala - Partially “Made in the U.S.A”

2013 May 21 - The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank Must Account for Their Role in the Genocides in Guatemala

2013 May 23 - “The Struggle Continues for Justice for Genocide in Guatemala and a Story About Relentless, Collective Word of Ants”, by G. Russell

2013 June 10 - 21 Minute Radio Interview with G. Russell of Rights Action

2013 June 26 - Guatemala Genocide Trial Update - A long-term struggle in an intertwined global community

2014 February 11 - “Guatemala’s Shameful Repudiation of Justice”, Artcile by A. Neier

2015 January 06 - Justice for Genocide in 2015?

2015 July 25 - “Guatemalan Court Orders Former General Rios Montt Transferred to National Mental Hospital to Evaluate Whether Dictator Mentally Fit to Face Genocide Trial”, by E. MacLean & S. Beaudoin

2015 September 01 - Former Guatemalan Generals Perez Molina & Rios Montt On Trial for Corruption & Genocide ~ Great Business Partners for Global Mining Industry!

2020 October 28 - “Guatemala’s Military-Backed, Racist, and Exploitative Regime - an Open-for-Global-Business “democratic allie” of Canada and the U.S. - is Blocking War Crimes Trials and Justice Struggles”, Article by S. Cuffe

2023 May 11 - 10th Anniversary, Short note by P.Yates, Creative Director at Skylight

2024 March 21 - Supporting genocide as part of U.S. foreign policy: 40 years after U.S.-backed genocides against Mayan peoples of Guatemala, a genocide trial against former General Lucas García is set to begin; NISGUA article

2024 April 8 - Former Guatemalan General Benedicto Lucas García on trial; Al Jazeera Article by S. Cuffe

2024 May 22 - “Genocide Trial in Guatemala Brings Memories of Israel’s Role in the Killings”, Article by M.J. McConahy

2024 June 06 - NISGUA Media Advisory - Military documents to enter into evidence in trial related to genocide of Maya
Ixil people

2024 June 12 - Ixil Genocide Trial: There was a “clear intention to exterminate”