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Guatemalan Ex-Dictator's Daughter Announces Presidential Bid
Source: Associated Press
Guatemalan Ex-Dictator's Daughter Announces Presidential Bid
GUATEMALA CITY — Apr 17, 2015, 7:45 PM ET
By SONIA PEREZ D. Associated Press
The daughter of Efrain Rios Montt, the former dictator facing charges of genocide for massacres committed during his 1982-83 regime, is running for president of Guatemala.
Zury Rios Sosa, a three-time member of congress, announced Thursday that she would accept the nomination of the Christian conservative Vision with Values party to compete in general elections later this year.
"Before God and all of you, I take the responsibility and the decision to return to the political arena, to public politics, to the office of a public servant, to submit myself to the judgment of the people," she said.
Rios Sosa married Jerry Weller, who at the time was a Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois, in 2004.
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GUATEMALA CITY — Apr 17, 2015, 7:45 PM ET
By SONIA PEREZ D. Associated Press
The daughter of Efrain Rios Montt, the former dictator facing charges of genocide for massacres committed during his 1982-83 regime, is running for president of Guatemala.
Zury Rios Sosa, a three-time member of congress, announced Thursday that she would accept the nomination of the Christian conservative Vision with Values party to compete in general elections later this year.
"Before God and all of you, I take the responsibility and the decision to return to the political arena, to public politics, to the office of a public servant, to submit myself to the judgment of the people," she said.
Rios Sosa married Jerry Weller, who at the time was a Republican U.S. congressman from Illinois, in 2004.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guatemalan-dictators-daughter-announces-presidential-bid-30404555
