Guatemalan Army General

Former Guatemalan general Efrain Rios Montt was recently indicted for his primary role and involvement in crimes against humanity and genocide against indigenous Mayans of Guatemala. He stated to ABC News that his success was due to the fact that "his soldiers were trained by Israelis". He was the ...

Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores, a Guatemalan general who seized power in a 1983 coup and was the country's de facto leader until 1986, has died after a long illness. He was 85. Moises Galindo is a lawyer for several former military officials accused of abuses during Guatemala's civil war. Galindo said ...

... .A court in Guatemala city hearing the retrial of former General Efrain Rios Montt has accepted he should be examined at a mental health hospital. The court was responding to allegations by the defence that the 89-year-old general was senile and unable to understand the charges against him. He was ...

A former Guatemalan general, Efrain Rios Montt, who ruled the country briefly in the 1980s, has been found mentally incapable of standing trial. He had been facing charges of genocide during one of the most brutal periods in Guatemala's civil war. Doctors said he was not able to understand any charges ...

A top military general in Guatemala and four other officers were killed Wednesday when their military helicopter crashed near the Mexican border. Guatemalan Defense Minister Manuel Lopez confirmed that General Rudy Ortiz was among the five people killed in the crash. Ortiz and the other officers were ...