His short but fearsome regime, full of terrible massacres of indigenous people, become a symbol of the most violent era of Guatemala's 36 years of civil war (1960-1996).
The original ruling that prompted the payment was handed down by the court in December 2015, when justicies resolved that that the frontier wetland of Isla Calera is Costa Rican territory.
Navas, 53, has led the Prosecutor's Office as an interim since October 2017, when her predecessor, Jorge Chavarría, was suspended in relation to the unfolding investigation of alleged corruption.
