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In reply to the discussion: Guate: Rios Montt genocide trial / 2nd day of conclusions, Prosecution wraps up [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)26. Montt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans"
PlazaPública en Vivo ?@PzPenVivo 6m
#RiosMontt: Me reuní con Reagan. No le pedimos armas ni ayuda. EEUU no nos daba ninguna clase de ayuda
Montt: I met with Reagan. Didn't ask for any weapons or for help. The U.S. wouldn't give us any kind of help
#RiosMontt: Me reuní con Reagan. No le pedimos armas ni ayuda. EEUU no nos daba ninguna clase de ayuda
Montt: I met with Reagan. Didn't ask for any weapons or for help. The U.S. wouldn't give us any kind of help
Renata Avila ?@avilarenata 6m
Now Rios Montt mentioning Ronald Reagan. And saying that they did not ask for weapons. That US did not provide any military aid. Ha!
Now Rios Montt mentioning Ronald Reagan. And saying that they did not ask for weapons. That US did not provide any military aid. Ha!
NISGUA ?@NISGUA_Guate 7m
#RiosMontt: I had the opportunity to attend an activity with Mr. #Reagan... We didn't have intl help, the US didn't give us assistance.
#RiosMontt: I had the opportunity to attend an activity with Mr. #Reagan... We didn't have intl help, the US didn't give us assistance.
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena ?@romireports 7m
#RiosMontt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans and we were broke" #GenocideGT
#RiosMontt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans and we were broke" #GenocideGT
Renata Avila ?@avilarenata 7m
Lies, damn lies. And all the truth buried in a pile of redacted documents, secret and top secret files or missing documents.
Lies, damn lies. And all the truth buried in a pile of redacted documents, secret and top secret files or missing documents.
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena ?@romireports 6m
#RiosMontt: "Remember your honor I am a grandfather and a great-grandfather" #GenocideGT
#RiosMontt: "Remember your honor I am a grandfather and a great-grandfather" #GenocideGT
Renata Avila ?@avilarenata 6m
Rios Montt saying that US had informants infiltrated in the guerrillas, payed with US money so they had access to intel.
Rios Montt saying that US had informants infiltrated in the guerrillas, payed with US money so they had access to intel.
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Guate: Rios Montt genocide trial / 2nd day of conclusions, Prosecution wraps up [View all]
Catherina
May 2013
OP
"Ixil group…resisted the imposition of colonization" They hung me, they hung me from a stick"
Catherina
May 2013
#1
"Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial"
Catherina
May 2013
#65
powerful & terrible moments in survivor testimony; rapes of women, assasination of children, torture
Catherina
May 2013
#4
CALDH lawyer Vivar closing... sexual violence was state policy. Killing "chocolates"
Catherina
May 2013
#6
... US influence on Natl Devt Plan, CIA warning military strategy = treating civil population
Catherina
May 2013
#9
Rios Montt about to give his declaration / Survivors: 'we knew this day would come'
Catherina
May 2013
#10
Prosecution tells Montt conclusions isn't appropriate time for him to speak. Yelling
Catherina
May 2013
#14
Montt speaks: Rejects the findings of Amnesty International report during his administration
Catherina
May 2013
#22
OMG. Montt: "The point was 4 these Kakchiqueles, Ixiles, Quiches, Mames, to create a state TOGETHER"
Catherina
May 2013
#23
Interesting factoid. Montt's brother, Bishop Mario Rios Mont, investigated the deaths
Catherina
May 2013
#54
Montt: it's the fault of the army and its sergeants (OMG, the lies, the lies here)
Catherina
May 2013
#25
Montt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans"
Catherina
May 2013
#26
Montt: "I never ordered acts against an ethnicity or religion. Never!.. I was not a zone commander!"
Catherina
May 2013
#27
Montt: I looked at Plan Victoria 82, there's nothing written abt objective to destroy a people
Catherina
May 2013
#28
Montt: Current Minister of Interior killed, kidnapped, won't be prosecuted & I am responsible?
Catherina
May 2013
#29
Montt: The Workers Party went to kill & spill blood. Now I'm the one with the charges?
Catherina
May 2013
#30
Defense is called to give closing arguments. Requests lunch break instead. Food is a human right now
Catherina
May 2013
#31
Montt lawyer: Against my will, I will give my statements in a state of hunger.
Catherina
May 2013
#32
BREAKING NEWS: President Perez Molina announces he will withdraw the declared state of siege....
Catherina
May 2013
#33
Rios Montt never planned, never organized, never executed, and never supervised any act ...
Catherina
May 2013
#35
Defense claims too much hearsay and science not reliable. Expert degrees not valid in Guate
Catherina
May 2013
#36
Video of Rioss Montt protesting his innocence "I'm going to tell you a story"
Catherina
May 2013
#39
A large group of survivors from Ixil & other regions leaves, another group takes their place
Catherina
May 2013
#41
Defense says Plan Sofia/Victoria evidence was instead plan for natl devt and well-being.
Catherina
May 2013
#42
Defense: If the guerillas had won, we'd be like Venezuela, like Chavez. Hippies, little chinaman
Catherina
May 2013
#43
"Harris Whitbeck showed how the state protected the population in refugee camps."
Catherina
May 2013
#45
Unbelievable events. How can Rios-Montt sit there without being hit by lightning?
Judi Lynn
May 2013
#49
Court reconvenes. Defense closing arguments to continue. PowerPoints of Impunity
Catherina
May 2013
#56
Defense: "The chain of command does not include the chief of military intelligence."
Catherina
May 2013
#58