Thursday, November 21, 2013

Rios Montt has suffered enough, hasn't he?

Here's  Paul Avakian at Truthout:
Isn't it enough that this man has been dragged through the mud and made to sit through weeks of testimony and hear the tedious details of sadistic group killing?
Isn’t it enough that he was charged with a crime in the first place, and had to explain himself and answer to a judge in his native Guatemala, a country he once saved from reformist troublemakers? 
And then of all things, to be found guilty of the crime charged! Can you imagine the humiliation?
Genocide and crimes against humanity are fairly serious charges, even when they involve peasants. And a guilty verdict is a blemish, even for Efraín Ríos Montt, who at one time bought and sold judges as Guatemala's 1982-83 de-facto president and long-time parliament chief.
On top of it all, the trial court had the nerve the day after the verdict to go ahead and order victim reparations for the thousands apparently tortured, chopped to death, and shot in the head at close range. Talk about presumption and ingratitude.
Just a little tongue-in-cheek (he's not serious).


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