Former Guatemalan dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. His trial was briefly put on hold due to a legal technicality, but has resumed. What does this trial mean for human rights? Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout’s assistant editor, Alissa Bohling who has written about this trial and the human rights abuses in Guatemala.
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