Rios Montt Born Againer

From Dissident Voice article : "Former Guatemalan dictator General Jose Efrain Rios Montt, who prosecuted a Reagan administration-supported war of genocide against the Mayan population, on January 17, 2007 announced that he plans to run for Congress in September. This would provide him with immunity from prosecution on the charges of genocide and other violations of human rights during the country's 36-year civil war, according to SOA (School of Americas) Watch."

The author of above article also urges readers to do something : "It is crucial that people concerned about justice for the victims of the U.S.-engineered Guatemalan Holocaust exert powerful international pressure to ensure that Rios Montt and other officials either face trial in Guatemala or are extradited to Spain without delay. To send a letter quickly via the web, go to : amnestyusa."

Anyhoo, it reminded me of a blog post from last May '06 that mentioned Montt and AI. "Amnesty usually fails to mention that previous leaders and participants in atrocities, paid for by the US, are languishing in California and Florida, and other less climate friendly states. We could have a small metropolis inhabited with the former bloody hands from Latin America; Useful Assets, USA. More than one US senator or pol is married to the relatives of some US dictators, for example Gerald "Jerry" Weller (R-IL) who married wife Zury Ríos Montt at the estate of former Guatemala dictator daddy Efrain Ríos Montt. Jerry, who sits on a subcommittee in DC for international terrorism is now porking and dining with terrorists. Zury, a member of the Guatemalan congress, is adamant that daddy was not a dictator and never hurt anyone. Watch out little Guates if this lady comes to power."

Looks like daddy may come to power before Zury. I don't think a seat in the Guatemalan congress is all that protects Daddy Montt from prosecution as a war criminal. Montt has a 50 year history with the Pentagon; personal friends with Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, and it doesn't hurt to have son-in-law Jerry Weller in the US congress. Weller has recently unseated himself from the International Relations Committee but remains on the House Ways and Means Committee.

Not that Weller is doing anything unusual. It's a small world afterall and why wouldn't the policy shapers in one country bed and wed policy makers from another country. Doesn't mean they cannot set aside personal interests because … because … they tell us they can set them aside, really.

But, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for justice from America's political elite or AI. At best, justice may wait until Señor Montt is 95 and dies en route to a courtroom.