Tag: La Linea Case - Guatemala

• Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Guatemala former president to face prosecution for a customs fraud scandal

  

  Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina will face prosecution for his alleged role in a customs fraud scandal that has rocked the country for months, a federal judge announced on Tuesday. The decision comes just days after Perez Molina resigned from office amid growing national outrage over corruption in the government.

• Saturday, September 5th 2015 - 06:55 UTC

  Unpredictable Sunday: outraged Guatemala goes to the polls and is furious with its political system

  

  Protesters railed on Friday against Guatemala's disgraced ex-president Otto Perez outside his court hearing on corruption allegations Friday, two days before elections that have been upended by his resignation and jailing.

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 08:47 UTC

  Maldonado swears as new Guatemala president; predecessor in jail

  

  Guatemala's Congress swore in former judge Alejandro Maldonado as president Thursday as his disgraced predecessor appeared in court over corruption allegations hours after resigning in the face of unprecedented protests.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 02:36 UTC

  Guatemala Supreme Court approves impeachment of president Otto Perez

  

  The Guatemalan Supreme Court approved a request by the country’s attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez over his suspected involvement in a racket to siphon customs revenue from the government, and passed the matter to Congress for approval.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 02:22 UTC

  Ex Guatemala vice-president accused of fraud denied bail and sent to an ordinary jail

  

  A Guatemalan judge ruled Wednesday that former vice president Roxana Baldetti must remain in jail pending trial on charges of defrauding the customs service of millions of dollars. Judge Miguel Angel Galvez said he considered it “prudent” to deny bail to Baldetti, whom prosecutors and a special UN investigative commission accuses her of masterminding a customs bribery ring along with President Otto Perez.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 10:56 UTC

  Guatemala president will not quit and rejects corruption allegations

  

  Guatemalan President Otto Perez said he will not resign and rejected allegations that he was one of the ringleaders of a corruption scandal shaking the country.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 07:56 UTC

  Prosecution requests impeachment of Guatemala president Otto Perez

  

  Guatemala’s prosecutor’s office said Friday that it has requested the Supreme Court's permission to start an impeachment process for President Otto Perez Molina over a sprawling corruption case that has held the country in the grip of political turmoil for months. The move came hours after the former vice president was placed under arrest for her own alleged role in the scandal.