Guatemalan ex-police officer goes on trial in 1980 fire at Spanish embassy that killed 37

Rigoberta Menchu, a Nobel Peace prize winner, attends a religious Mayan ceremony outside the Supreme Court before the start of a trial connected to the death of her father in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo is going on trial for death of Menchu's father, and 36 more people, who died in a Jan. 31, 1980 attack by alleged government agents. The attackers burned down the Spanish embassy in Guatemala that Mayan peasants were occupying in protest. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (The Associated Press)

Rigoberta Menchu, a Nobel Peace prize winner, right, talks with Mayan priestess Juana Vasquez during a religious Mayan ceremony outside Supreme Court before the start of a trial involving the death of Menchu's father in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo is going on trial in connection with the death of Menchu's father, and 36 more people, who died in a Jan. 31, 1980 attack by alleged government agents. The attackers burned down the Spanish embassy in Guatemala where Mayan peasants were occupying in protest. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (The Associated Press)

People attend a Mayan ceremony outside the Supreme Court of Justice before the start of a trial in connection with a massacre in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Former police chief Pedro Garcia Arredondo is going on trial in connection with the death of 37 people who died in a Jan. 31, 1980 attack by alleged government agents. The attackers burned down the Spanish embassy in Guatemala where Mayan peasants were occupying in protest. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (The Associated Press)