Aftermath
Gen. Ríos Montt went on to be placed third in the November presidential vote, behind Álvaro Colom and Óscar Berger.
Criminal charges were brought against seven FRG members for their role in inciting the riot and the manslaughter of Ramírez: Gen. Ríos Montt himself; Ingrid Elaine Argueta Sosa, his niece; Juan Pablo Ríos Richtter, his grandson and a member of the municipal council; Waleska Sánchez Velásquez, the secretary of Zury Ríos Montt; Jorge Arévalo, a congressional deputy; and Raúl Manchamé Leiva, a former director of the national police. All seven were placed under house arrest. The charges against Gen. Ríos Montt were dismissed in January 2006.
In a related case, Juan Pablo Ríos and four other members of the FRG were sentenced to three-year prison terms for racial discrimination (Guatemala's first such prosecution) for having levelled ethnic slurs at Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú during a later challenge lodged with the Constitutional Court. By paying stiffer fines in accordance with Guatemalan law, however, the five were able to escape serving jail time.
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