Bogota: A group of Guatemalan women used as sex slaves by two former military officers during the country's civil war are seeking $US3 million ($4.1 million) in compensation following a historic trial, their lawyers said.

On Friday, a Guatemalan court convicted a retired army officer and a former paramilitary for holding 11 indigenous women as sex slaves at a military base, for murder and forced disappearances dating back to the early 1980s.

Victims of sexual violence hide their faces during the trial against former military officer and a former paramilitary fighter convicted of sexual violence against indigenous women during Guatemala's civil war, in Guatemala City. Credit:AP

The defendants - Esteelmer Giron, a lieutenant colonel and former commander of the Sepur Zarco base and Heriberto Asij, a civilian with links to the army - were sentenced to a total of 360 years in prison.

Both deny wrongdoing and will appeal, their lawyers said.