… Ríos Montt, to face trial for genocide. He is the first former head of state to be tried for genocide in the … for trial. On March 19, 2013, the court began hearing the case against Ríos Montt, namely, that he committed genocide … Victoria Sanford “Wall of Silence: The Field of Genocide Studies and the Guatemalan Genocide” , by Ben Kiernan GIS & …