Guatemala ex-leader to face genocide charge
Ex-Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt is to be tried for genocide and crimes against humanity, BBC reported.
Gen Rios Montt, 85, was in power from 1982-1983, when some of the country's worst civil war atrocities occurred.
Whole villages of indigenous Mayans were massacred as part of government efforts to defeat left-wing rebels.
Gen Rios Montt, who has denied ordering massacres, refused to comment in court. But a judge ruled he had a case to answer, placing him under house arrest.
As a congressman, Gen Rios Montt had enjoyed immunity from prosecution for 12 years. The immunity was lifted on 14 January 2012, when his term in office ran out.