Families of those suspected to have been killed in the mid 1980s by agents of the right-wing military regime of Oscar Mejia Victores, say just being able to search for their loved ones is a signal of progress in this country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Although Gen Rioss Montt was overthrown by his Defence Minister Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores in August 1983, he is considered to have had a major impact on the conflict through the so-called Guns and Beans campaign.

BBC: Profile: Guatemala's Efrain Rios Montt