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Austrian prosecutors have charged a former senior Guatemalan police official with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of seven prison inmates in his homeland.Prosecutor Alois Ebner identified the suspect Monday as Javier Figureoa, the ex-deputy chief of a division of Guatemala's national police.The allegations go back to Sept. 25, 2006. Police and soldiers back then retook the Pavon prison farm from inmates who ran a crack cocaine lab inside and rented out plush homes on the grounds to fellow prisoners.Seven inmates were killed and authorities then said they died after putting up a fight.Figueroa has been in Austrian investigative custody since 2011, when he was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths.He had been living in Upper Austria province since 2007....
The penalty for the near-total destruction of one of the biggest Mayan pyramids in Belize -- which the government called "unforgivable" and left archaeologists speec...
At least 500 people have protested outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.Supporters dressed in white and m...
Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offere...
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck near Guatemala City.Guatemalan authorities had no immediate reports of damage.The ...
Guatemalan prison authorities say former dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been taken to a military hospital after fainting while on his way to a court hearing Monday.P...
A Guatemalan judge on Thursday ordered the suspension of the genocide trial of former U.S.-backed dictator Efrain Rios Montt, a move protested by prosecutors who vow...
The genocide trial against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has resumed after being suspended for 12 days amid appeals.A three-judge tribunal reopened th...
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is denying he ordered the extermination of Ixil Mayas as he testifies for the first time at his genocide trial.The 86-ye...
Guatemalans fearing aftershocks huddled in the dark and frigid streets of this mountain town wrapped in blankets early Thursday, while others crowded inside its hosp...
In an April 23 story about the genocide trial of Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the country's highest court...
About 150 miles north of Guatemala City, deep in the jungle, is a military base where Guatemalan Special Forces are being trained secretly by U.S. Green Berets.The U...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has put a Guatemalan rancher and his three sons on a list of drug kingpins.The agency's statement on Tuesday says ...
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after rece...
The court hearing the genocide case against former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt says a verdict will be announced within hours.Presiding Judge Yassmin Barrio...
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is spending a second day at a military hospital after fainting while on his way to a court hearing.Defense lawyer Franci...
Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin Americ...
The Guatemalan government has declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings in four townships east of the capital following clashes between police and a...
In 1999: Guatemalan non-governmental organization Association for Justice and Reconciliation files a complaint against army officials, including former Gen. Efrain R...
A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.The 86-ye...