Former dictator RÌos Montt appeared in court

by Zoe Ryan

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From BBC News:

"Former Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt has appeared before a court which will decide if he should face charges of genocide.

"Gen Rios Montt, 85, was in power from 1982-1983, when some of the worst atrocities of Guatemala's long civil war were committed."

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