Efrain Rios Montt
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of the genocide of more than 1,700 indigenous Ixil Mayans during his 1982-1983 rule.
The trial marked the first time that a head of state was tried for genocide by his country's own judicial system. Ref. CNN
Efrain Rios Montt (Hover)
A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison for massacres of Mayan Indians committed during his rule.The 86-year-old former general is the first former Latin American leader ever found guilty of such a charge. Ref. USAToday