Efraín Ríos Montt person
also: Efrain Rios Montt, guerrilla leader, Mont, Montt
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Efraín Ríos Montt headed
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“But he definitely supported it. Yeah. And we didn't cover Efrain Rios Montt. We didn't cover, I think General Garcia was the guy who preceded him, I think, and ran. So I think it was General Garcia who ran Guatemala from 78 to 82. And that …”
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But he definitely supported it. Yeah. And we didn't cover Efrain Rios Montt. We didn't cover, I think General Garcia was the guy who preceded him, I think, and ran. So I think it was General Garcia who ran Guatemala from 78 to 82. And that …
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And all of those trained killers end up being MS-13's initial cadre that came into the United States. Abrams, from 82 to 83, Abrams lobbied against sanctions for the Guatemalan dictator Mont, M-O-N-T-T, who oversaw the genocide of over 200,…
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In a 1982 memo, Abrams urged the State Department to ignore reports of mass killing, calling them all quote-unquote exaggerated, and praising Mont as a reformer. This paved the way for $300 million of our taxpayer money in U.S. military aid…
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later on was overturned due to technicalities of his trial. Abram was a central figure in Iran-Contra where Reagan officials illegally sold arms to Iran and diverted funds to the Nicaraguan Contras fighting the Sandinista government in defi…
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In a years-long civil war, Guatemalan forces had fought, quote-unquote, guerrillas, descending to wholesale eradication of indigenous Indian villages. Tens of thousands were killed. In 92, a guerrilla leader, and again, that's in air quotes…