Could Guatemala run itself? Getting a Guatemalan court to convict one of the military officers involved in her sister’s murder had taken twelve years, roughly $3 million in legal expenses, and consistent pressure from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. And, in the end, he had still gotten away. Several years later, after a three-judge panel convicted General Ríos Montt of crimes against humanity for his role in the genocide perpetrated in the early 1980s, the country’s top court overturned the verdict within ten days.
