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The annulment of the genocide conviction of Guatemala's former U.S-backed dictator and restart his trial halfway through could spawn interminable delays in the effort to see him jailed for the massacre of thousands of Mayans, victims' advocates said Tuesday.Some said they feared the country's powerful conservative elites had worked behind the scenes to throw the case against Efrain Rios Montt into such chaos that the 86-year-old former general could live the rest of his life under house arrest instead of in prison, or even be freed completely.Guatemala's top court overturned Rios Montt's conviction late Monday and ordered that the trial be taken back to where it stood on April 19, when a dispute among judges arose over who should hear the case. Rios Montt's defense team said that it was filing a request for his immediate release.Many victims' advocates saw only a slim possibility of convicting Rios Montt again because of the uncertainty produced by the Constitutional Court's decision. ...
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