Guatemala: Tribunal suspende inicio de juicio a Rios Montt

Guatemala: Tribunal suspende inicio de juicio a Rios Montt

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A Guatemalan court postponed the trial of General Efraín Ríos Montt, initially set for Monday, due to a request from his lawyers to remove the presiding judge, Janet Valdés, over a potential bias from her thesis on genocide. Ríos Montt was previously sentenced in 2013 to 80 years for genocide, but the sentence was annulled by the Constitutional Court, requiring a retrial. The UN reported that 245,000 people were killed or disappeared during the Guatemalan Civil War, with the military and paramilitary groups responsible for 97% of these crimes.

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¿Por qué se postergó el juicio al general Efraín Ríos Montt?

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¿Qué delitos se le imputan a Efraín Ríos Montt?

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¿Cuál fue la decisión de la jueza presidenta Janet Valdés respecto a la solicitud de los abogados de Ríos Montt?

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¿Qué ocurrió con la sentencia de Ríos Montt en 2013?

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Según la ONU, ¿cuántas personas fueron muertas o desaparecidas durante la Guerra Civil de Guatemala?

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