FILE PHOTO: Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt (R) sits during a hearing of his trial, in the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan judges who as members of the country's "high risk courts" have jailed senior officials such as former President Efrain Rios Montt said on Monday they are being persecuted and harassed by unidentified armed individuals.
Judges Yassmin Barrios, Miguel Galvez, Erika Aifan and Pablo Xitumul submitted a formal complaint to the public prosecutor's office. Xitumul, who presided over a court that sentenced four soldiers in 2018 over forced disappearances, said they were under "psychological pressure" to drop cases and were under increased surveillance.
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