Editing Esteban Marcelo Ugarte (section)

== Georgetown Tribunal and execution ==
The Georgetown Tribunal formally indicted Ugarte on 14 April 2025. Proceedings began on 21 April. The tribunal examined his command of Gbarnga and his later authority over detention facilities administered through SS-Großabschnitt Afrika.

Witnesses described the sexual assaults ordered by Ugarte and the events he called the “African Circus”. Evidence was also presented concerning the killing of children at the burning pit. Camp documents established that Ugarte approved executions and punishment orders that caused prisoner deaths.

The tribunal found that Ugarte knowingly implemented a programme intended to destroy part of the Black African population under Tanoan control. Executions and the deliberate killing of children formed part of that programme. Prisoners were also subjected to labor and living conditions intended to cause their deaths. Ugarte was therefore convicted of genocide.

The crimes-against-humanity conviction covered the imprisonment and extermination of prisoners at Gbarnga. It also covered sexual violence committed under Ugarte's command. His murder conviction concerned executions and the killing of children. The rape conviction covered assaults committed by Ugarte and those he ordered the camp guards to commit.

Ugarte was convicted on 28 April 2025 and sentenced to death. He was executed by firing squad in Georgetown on 2 May 2025 at the age of 72.