Efrain Rios Montt will face a genocide trial as planned . The former president was accused of ordering the massacre in which at least 1,200 people were killed and thousands more disappeared during his rule. The commission found that during this and other periods of the civil war , there were also reported cases of rape , especially of Mayan women . During his rule , there were massacres in provinces with heavy indigenous populations .
Efrain Rios Montt will face a genocide trial as planned . The former president was accused of ordering the massacre in which at least 1,200 people were killed and thousands more disappeared during his rule. During his rule , there were massacres in provinces with heavy indigenous populations .