In Guatemala, former military dictator Efraín Ríos Montt has been ordered to stand trial on accusations of genocide and other crimes during his 17-month rule. Montt seized power in 1982 in a military coup and has been accused of overseeing the murders of 17,000 political opponents and dissidents. On Thursday, a Guatemalan judge ruled there’s sufficient evidence for Montt to face charges for a single massacre of indigenous peasants. Outside the courtroom, protesters demanded that Montt be tried.

Juana Alicia Tiquira: “We want justice, because these cases cannot remain unpunished. There are thousands and thousands of brothers, children, men and women who were massacred during the internal armed conflict, and what we are asking now is justice. We are all present here. It doesn’t matter if it’s hot or cold. We want justice.”

Montt has been placed under house arrest until a preliminary hearing in March.