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Gen Rios Montt, 87, was convicted of genocide and war crimes in May and sentenced to 80 years in jail.
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Human rights group Amnesty International called the ruling a "devastating blow for the victims of the serious human rights violations committed during the conflict".
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The guilty verdict had been hailed by the victims and human rights groups as "historic". It was also the first time a former head of state had faced genocide charges in a court within his own country. But weeks later, Guatemala's top court ruled that the trial had been flawed.
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A court official said that the judges were busy with other cases in 2014, but would resume the trial in January 2015.
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An estimated 200,000 people were killed in Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war, the vast majority of them indigenous Mayans. Gen Rios Montt's 17 months in power are believed to have been one of the most violent periods of the war.
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He is accused - among other charges - of ordering the deaths of 1,771 people of the Ixil Maya ethnic group during his time in office in 1982-83. He has denied any responsibility.
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