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Prosecutors said the two generals wanted to wipe out the indigenous Ixil Maya group, which they suspected of supporting rebel fighters.
BBC: Guatemala Rios Montt trial returned to disputed judge
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Prosecutors say that during his 17 months in power, Gen Rios Montt and his chief of military intelligence, Gen Jose Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, ordered the deaths of more than 1, 700 members of the Ixil Maya ethnic group, whom they suspected were supporting the rebels.
BBC: Profile: Guatemala's Efrain Rios Montt
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The group has found that where the Maya nut tree disappears, 50 to 80 percent of local species are wiped out in six months to a year.
CNN: Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
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The biggest single ethnic group is the Mestizos, who are of mixed Maya Indian and Spanish ancestry.
BBC: Belize country profile
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" Adds Manit Sriwanichpoom, of the Artists Group for Democracy and the Environment: "Before you go to Maya Bay, be sure and get a postcard.
CNN: POSTCARDS FROM THE BEACH