Guatemala Dos Erres massacre soldiers sentenced

Four former Guatemalan soldiers have been sentenced to life in prison for the massacre of more than 200 people during the country's civil conflict.

The court said the four had committed crimes against humanity when they were part of a counter-insurgency unit which carried out the killings in the village of Dos Erres in 1982.

They received a sentence of 30 years for each of the 201 victims.

They are the first former soldiers to be convicted for human-rights abuses.

Daniel Martinez, Manuel Pop Sun, and Reyes Collin Gualip were sentenced to 6,060 years in prison each for murder and crimes against humanity...