Supporters of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt protested outside the prison where he is being held, after he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide earlier this week.
At least 500 people dressed in white and some in military fatigues gathered outside the Matamoros prison, where they shouted slogans such as “Viva Rios Monnt!”
They were also holding signs which read “no hubo genocidio en Guatemala” – “There was no genocide in Guatemala”.
Protestors are demanding that the verdict be nullified, claiming that the whole judicial process was corrupt. Montt’s landmark verdict saw him become the first former head of state convicted of genocide within their own country.