It was the 10th hearing at the Supreme Court over crimes against indigenous persons during that country's 26 year civil war, from 1960 to 1996. The Prosecution's witness who has implicated the president is Hugo Ramiro Leonardo Reyes, a specialized military mechanic of the kaibil troop that operated in the Ixil area.

According to the Prensa Libre, Reyes said quote "the military and the soldiers following orders of major Tito Arias known as Otto Perez Molina...coordinated the burning and looting of the people to later execute them," end quote.

The witness added quote " the people who Arrived for execution at the camp reached injured, tortured, with their tongues cut out, and their nails ripped off among other injuries" end quote. He specified quote "they were burned under orders of Major Tito Arias".

During additional testimony by other witnesses it surfaced that children, the elderly and pregnant mothers were among those taken and massacred.

One witness said he saw when an elderly woman's head was cut off and kicked around like a ball.

Very ugly stuff, and President Perez-Molina's Spokesman, Francisco Cuevas has emphatically denied the allegations saying that Molina never participated in those acts and that no such thing has been documented. He added that they believe the claims are politically motivated to smear the President.