Reuters, GUATEMALA CITYGuatemala’s human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country’s 36-year civil war. Judge Jimmy Bremer on Friday formally received the charges the prosecutors presented against the 76-year-old in a court in Guatemala City. Guatemala’s human rights prosecutor said that there were more victims and witnesses who could testify against him than in other processes. Guatemala’s human rights prosecutor accuses him of having planned one of the operations in the Maya Ixil region about 225km northwest of the capital. Giammattei also faced accusations of human rights breaches for the same incident, during which seven prisoners, but no government officials, died; he was later exonerated for lack of evidence.

Source: Taipei Times November 30, 2019 16:07 UTC