Former Guatemalan President on Trial for Genocide Against Mayan Citizens and Others On January 28, a Guatemalan judge announced that General and former President Jose Efrain Rios Montt along with his chief of intelligence Jose Rodriguez Sanchez could be tried for genocide and crimes against humanity; specifically with Rios Montt for his role in the massacre of 1,771 Mayan Ixil people during his term in office between 1982 and 1983.