{"id":483,"date":"2013-05-14T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/?p=483"},"modified":"2013-09-17T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T13:15:43","slug":"rios-montt-does-the-pinochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2013\/05\/14\/rios-montt-does-the-pinochet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rios Montt does the Pinochet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/05\/montt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-484\" alt=\"montt\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/05\/montt-300x200.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/05\/montt-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/05\/montt-450x300.png 450w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/files\/2013\/05\/montt.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 May 2013:<\/p>\n<p>Over thirty years after the Scorched Earth campaign by the military and death squads in Guatemala, General Efrain\u00a0Rios Montt\u00a0is convicted of genocide committed\u00a0against the Mayan&#8217;s of the Ixil region.\u00a0 Like\u00a0the notorious Chilean\u00a0dictator, Augusto Pinochet, Montt (86 years old)\u00a0was brought to trial late in life &#8211;\u00a0however, the distinction of having been forced into the courtroom, despite legal defense attempting to\u00a0waylay\u00a0the\u00a0inevitable, is what stands between the two notorious\u00a0figureheads.\u00a0 Montt&#8217;s sentence of 80\u00a0years in prison\u00a0stands as a\u00a0penalty for the\u00a0crime versus\u00a0a punishment\u00a0he can withstand.\u00a0 This\u00a0precedent setting national\u00a0conviction will serve as a warning to both\u00a0heads of state and top ranking military officials that\u00a0impunity, even in the most stratified of countries,\u00a0can be challenged.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers Pamela Yates and Paco de Onis (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/pov\/granito\/full.php#.UZI2VCufHx8\"><em>When the Mountains Tremble<\/em> and <em>Granito<\/em><\/a>) were on hand for both the filming of the trial as well as witnessing their own footage used as evidence in the closing remarks against Montt.\u00a0 A great collection of\u00a0daily summaries from the trial can be seen in their ongoing\u00a0film series <a href=\"http:\/\/granitomem.com\/genocide-trial\/#post-1267\">Dictator in the Docket<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Though the conviction has happened, the greivances still exist for\u00a0the\u00a0crimes committed in Guatemala.\u00a0 With this piece of history, a\u00a0social dialogue can begin to unpack the roots of an extermination campaign against indigenous peoples and their corresponding\u00a0position in\u00a0society today.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 May 2013: Over thirty years after the Scorched Earth campaign by the military and death squads in Guatemala, General Efrain\u00a0Rios Montt\u00a0is convicted of genocide committed\u00a0against the Mayan&#8217;s of the Ixil region.\u00a0 Like\u00a0the notorious Chilean\u00a0dictator, Augusto Pinochet, Montt (86 years &hellip; 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