Massacres

Guatemalan court overturns Rios Montt conviction

2013-05-20 20:59:00

MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala’s highest court late Monday overturned the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt, a verdict that had been hailed by human rights organizations but now hangs in limbo. The Constitutional Court...

New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality

2013-05-16 18:05:00

New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...

Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt found guilty of genocide

2013-05-10 16:50:00

�MEXICO CITY -- Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre and...

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide

2013-05-10 20:03:00

MEXICO CITY — Efrain Rios Montt, the former Guatemalan military dictator who ruled his country during one of the bloodiest phases of its civil war, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity Friday for the systematic massacre of more...

Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter

2013-05-09 15:55:00

MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...

L.A. council race leads to confrontation in Little Armenia

2013-04-29 00:00:00

When two groups supporting rival Los Angeles City Council candidates met on a street in Little Armenia last week, an afternoon of vote canvassing turned into an altercation. Two 17-year-old campaign workers for candidate John Choi claim they were...

Armenian genocide recognition overdue, congressman says

2013-04-24 17:29:00

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the estimated 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman...

Hundreds of Armenians protest genocide at Turkish Consulate

2013-04-24 18:23:00

Hundreds of Armenians chanted outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Wednesday to commemorate the massacre of about 1.5 million of their ancestors 98 years ago�— a genocide that has yet to be officially recognized by the U.S. Chanting...

Across the Armenian-Turkish divide

2013-04-23 00:00:00

In 2001, I wrote a story for the Los Angeles Times about April 24, the annual Armenian Day of Remembrance, that had this lead: "The Armenian genocide." That was it, the entire first paragraph. I was proud of it because it didn't say "the alleged...

Protests follow judges' rulings in Guatemalan war crimes trial

2013-04-19 15:05:00

MEXICO CITY – Contradictory court judgments in the war crimes trial of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt this week set off protests in Guatemala City and prompted rebukes from human rights organizations. On Friday, Judge Jazmin...

Guatemala war crimes trial rulings spur protests

2013-04-19 21:06:00

MEXICO CITY — Contradictory court judgments in the war crimes trial of former Guatemalan dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt this week set off protests in Guatemala City and prompted rebukes from human rights organizations around the world. On Friday,...

In Guatemala, a twist as genocide trial nears end

2013-04-18 18:02:00

MEXICO CITY — On the first day of trial, a witness named Bernardo Bernal recounted how, as a 9-year-old in the spring of 1983, he hid in a stream and watched Guatemalan soldiers kill his parents and two younger brothers. On the second day of...

Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013. The Guatemalan court convicted Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison.

2013-05-10 22:44:00

A group of girls walk with a few thousand protestors in a long revolving line at a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate demanding an end of Armenian genocide denial by Turkey in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Mike Gatto speaks during the annual Armenian genocide commemoration, which took place a the Alex Theatre in Glendale on Thursday, April 24, 2013.

2013-04-24 00:00:00