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21 May 2013
GUATEMALA : Court Throws Out Rios Montt Genocide Conviction; Trial Restart Ordered.
Aged former strongman Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, 86...has gotten a reprieve...after a top court threw out his 80 year conviction for genocide against 1,771 Mayan indigena in 1982-83.
His trial must be restarted from the 19th of April...the date his defense lawyers walked out.
The court ruled 3-2 that he was left however briefly...without legal representation.
It means closing arguments must be delivered again.
http://www.dw.de/merkels-cavalry-and-orbans-tanks-occupy-touchy-territory/a-16825787