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November 7, 2003

Party To Mass Murder?

A presidential election is being held tomorrow in which one of the leading candidates stands accused of genocide. Efrain Rios Montt, a retired general, is seeking the presidency of Guatemala.

Americas

A presidential election is being held tomorrow in which one of the leading candidates stands accused of genocide. Efrain Rios Montt, a retired general, is seeking the presidency of Guatemala. In the early 1980s he headed a military regime that carried out hundreds of massacres of unarmed civilians and -- according to a U.N.-sponsored truth commission -- "acts of genocide."

November 7, 2003 Commentary

Party To Mass Murder?

Daniel Wilkinson
Managing Director, Americas Division

Published In: The Washington Post

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