Guatemala court orders competency evaluation for ex-dictator
Source: Associated Press
Guatemala court orders competency evaluation for ex-dictator
Aug 4, 3:53 PM EDT
By SONIA PEREZ D.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A Guatemalan court ordered ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt hospitalized Tuesday for medical and psychological evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Rios Montt was admitted to the private Los Pinos hospital in the Guatemalan capital after arriving in an ambulance, accompanied by several bodyguards and his daughter.
Under the order he is to remain there for 12 days while he is examined by a panel of 10 doctors, and the court set an Aug. 18 hearing to consider their findings.
The 89-year-old former general is accused of responsibility for the killing of 1,771 Mayan Ixil people by security forces during his 1982-83 regime. He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 80 years, but the verdict was overturned and a new trial ordered.
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Guatemala court orders psych exam for ailing ex-despot
By AFP 7 hours ago.
A Guatemalan court Tuesday ordered ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt, charged with genocide during the country's brutal civil war, to undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he is fit for trial.
The 89-year-old former general, who ruled the Central American country from 1982 to 1983, is accused of ordering the army to massacre Ixil Maya indigenous people in northern Guatemala.
More than 1,700 Indians were killed in 15 massacres, as the government sought to stamp out rural support for leftist guerrilla groups.
But a medical examiner's report last month found Rios Montt mentally incompetent to stand trial, saying he cannot understand the charges against him.
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Efrain Rios-Montt with his strong supporter, Ronald Reagan
Site of murders of Guatemalan citizens in massacres
Carrying remains of massacre victims recovered from a mass grave
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March 3, 2006
Accountability for International Development Banks and their Sponsors
The Pending COHRE Petition for Atrocities in Guatemala
By Bret Thiele and Mayra Gomez
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The Chixoy Project and the Massacre and Displacement of Maya-Achi Peasants
Man by Rio Negro
Credit: Bret Thiele
In the early 1980s the Government of Guatemala was involved in one of the most brutal phases of an already brutal war against the majority of the Guatemalan people. At that time, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank partnered with the Government of Guatemala to fund the construction of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam, a project that would greatly benefit many of the military leaders who owned vast tracks of land in the area. The first phases of the dam project involved displacing Maya-Achi peasants from the reservoir basin in which they had lived for generations. The displacement of the village Rio Negro was carried out through a series of brutal massacres, all under the financial support and supervision of the two banks.
Legal Responsibility of States as parts of the World Bank and IADB
In addition to the Government of Guatemala, the COHRE petition joined the States with human rights obligations under the Inter-American Human Rights system which were Directors of the two banks and held disproportionate voting power, in particular the United States.
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