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Guatemala arrests former presidential candidate on eve of U.N.-graft team exit
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Sep 02, 2019 03:29pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | Sofia Menchu |
| News Date | Monday, September 2, 2019 03:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her home on Monday on charges of violating campaign finance rules, just hours before the departure of a U.N. anti-corruption commission that shook the political class.
A former first lady, the 63-year-old Torres finished second to President-elect Alejandro Giammattei last month in her third attempt to win the office.
For more than a decade one of the Central American country’s most prominent politicians, she has long faced accusations of corruption, allegations she has denied.
The fight against corruption has dominated Guatemala’s political scene since the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, CICIG, helped topple a president in 2015.
Torres’ arrest and a case against a sitting minister last week appear to be final blows by the body. Its mandate ends on Tuesday, after 12 years, after being terminated by former President Jimmy Morales.
Without the CICIG, widely viewed as one of the most successful anti-corruption bodies in Latin American history, judges have said they fear it would be difficult to proceed with cases. |
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