| | americas.org - Ríos Montt Run Out of Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Guatemalan former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt was forced to end a campaign rally on June 14 in the town of Rabinal, Baja Verapaz Department, when hundreds of indigenous protesters, mostly Achí Mayans, attacked the event with stones and clubs. |
 | | Ríos Montt, who is seeking to run as candidate of the ruling rightwing Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) in November 9 elections, was slightly injured and was whisked away in a government helicopter; Radio Sonora reporter Antonio Castro was also hurt, as were a correspondent and a photographer from Associated Press. |
 | | The U.S. State Department has also indicated that it would have trouble working with Ríos Montt if he is electedeven though the United States strongly backed him during his dictatorship. |
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