Efrain Andrés Montt ruled Guatemala from 1979 to 1983 . He and another defendant are on trial , accused of genocide and crimes against humanity . His defense has argued that he never explicitly ordered the killings of an indigenous group . A judge has thrown out two weeks of testimony in his trial , citing procedural grounds .
Efrain Rios Montt ruled Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 . He and another defendant are on trial , accused of genocide and crimes against humanity . His defense has argued that he never explicitly ordered the killings of an indigenous group . A judge has thrown out three weeks of testimony in his trial , citing procedural grounds .