Ex-dictator Rios Montt died

The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, died on Sunday at the age of 91.

Rios Montt was in power for almost a year and a half after a military coup in 1982 and 1983, when the Central American country experienced the bloodiest period in its civil war (1960-1996). He was held responsible for 70,000 deaths and disappearances.

In 2013 Rios Montt received eighty years in prison for genocide and crimes against humanity. That statement was reversed a week and a half later due to procedural errors. Until a new conviction of Rios Montt it was no longer, partly due to his dementia.