Judicial Reform
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 00:00
Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 00:00
Two of the cases against public servants, a former drug czar and a former No. 2 in the Defense Department accused of links to drug cartels, were thrown out within days last week.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 00:00
Exigimos la realizacion del juicio, no un fallo anticipado. No realizar el juicio, es sentenciar de hecho y anticipadamente la inocencia de los acusados
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 00:00
Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp will travel to Guatemala April 24-26 to attend meetings and consultations related to the trial of Jose Efrain Rios Montt.
Monday, April 22, 2013 - 00:00
Por segunda ocasion, en el proceso en contra del exconcejal de Metapan Jesus Sanabria, vinculado por las autoridades al Cartel de Texis, la Fiscalia no se presento y la audiencia tuvo que ser reprogramada
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 15:25
The following is a round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.
U.S. policy
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 00:00
La jueza declaro nulo el juicio oral en que declararon un centenar de victimas indigenas, y decidira si Rios Montt enfrentara juicio o no.
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 00:00
El Tribunal Primero A de Alto Impacto cito para hoy a los generales Jose Efrain Rios Montt y Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, acusados de genocidio y de deberes contra la humanidad, para continuar con el debate por 17 masacres
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 00:00
Retired Gen. Tomas Angeles Dauahare has been held in the Altiplano maximum security prison near Mexico City since last year, when he arrested and accused of links to the Beltran Leyva cartel.
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 00:00
Gen Angeles, a former deputy defence minister, had been accused of having links with a drug cartel