Guatemala City, Jan 24 (EFE).- A Guatemalan court on Monday sentenced five paramilitaries accused of raping 36 Achi indigenous women between 1981 and 1985, the bloodiest period of the internal armed conflict, to 30 years in prison. “We impose on the defendants the sentence of 30 years in prison for the illicit crimes against the …
Guatemala City, Jan 4 (EFE).- Tuesday’s scheduled start of the trial of five former paramilitaries accused of raping 36 indigenous women at an army garrison during Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war was delayed due to the lack of legal representation for one of the defendants. Judge Jazmin Barrios postponed the proceedings for 24 hours, citing the …