Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of the genocide of more than 1,700 indigenous Ixil Mayans during his 1982-1983 rule.
The trial marked the first time that a head of state was tried for genocide by his country's own judicial system.
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Lord, let thy justice be done...
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