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 .
Efrain Rios Montt will face a genocide trial as planned . He had asked the court for amnesty . During his rule , there were massacres in provinces with heavy indigenous populations .