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José Efraín Ríos Montt (Spanish: [efɾaˈin ˈrios ˈmont]; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983.
Jun 12, 2024 · Efraín Ríos Montt (born June 16, 1926, Huehuetenango, Guatemala—died April 1, 2018, Guatemala City) was a Guatemalan army general and politician who ruled Guatemala as the leader of a military junta and as dictator (1982–83).
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Apr 1, 2018 · Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, who as dictator of Guatemala in the 1980s ordered fierce tactics to suppress a guerrilla insurgency and was later convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, died...
- Stephen Kinzer
May 10, 2013 · A Guatemalan court found José Efraín Ríos Montt guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 80 years in prison. That was confirmed by Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin...
José Efraín Ríos Montt (Huehuetenango, 16 de junio de 1926-Ciudad de Guatemala, 1 de abril de 2018) [2] fue un político, dictador y militar guatemalteco, Jefe de Estado de Guatemala entre 1982 y 1983, posición a la que llegó a través de un golpe de Estado.
Apr 2, 2018 · GUATEMALA CITY — Former Guatemalan military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt died at the age of 91 on Sunday, a bitterly divisive figure in the country’s long civil war who escaped a 2013 genocide...
May 11, 2013 · GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court on Friday found Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, the former dictator who ruled Guatemala during one of the bloodiest periods of its long civil war, guilty of genocide...
