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Guatemalan judge issues arrest warrant for President Otto Pérez Molina Guatemalan president resigns after arrest warrant issued
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Guatemala’s attorney general has said she has a warrant for the arrest of President Otto Pérez Molina amid a corruption scandal that has gutted his government and plunged the country into chaos days before a presidential election. Guatemala’s president, Otto Pérez Molina has resigned, his spokesman has said, days before a presidential election.
In a fast moving climax to a crisis that has roiled Guatemala for months, Pérez Molina, a 64-year-old retired general who was elected on a ticket to combat crime and corruption, had his immunity from prosecution stripped by lawmakers on Tuesday. Jorge Ortega said Pérez Molina submitted his resignation at midnight local time after Guatemala’s attorney general obtained a warrant for his arrest amid a corruption scandal that has brought his government to the brink.
On Wednesday the country’s top prosecutor’s office tweeted that the attorney general, Thelma Aldana, had asked for an arrest warrant for Pérez Molina. An official from Aldanas office confirmed the request had been made. In a fast-moving climax to a crisis that has been building for months, MPs removed the president’s immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the attorney general, Thelma Aldana, asked for an arrest warrant for Pérez Molina.
Soon afterwards, Aldana said Judge Miquel Angel Galvez had issued the order on crimes of illicit association, fraud and receiving bribe money related to a widespread customs fraud ring in which the vice-president has already been jailed and faces charges. Aldana spoke late on Wednesday to the Canal Antigua television station. Soon afterwards, Aldana said a judge had issued the order on charges of illicit association, fraud and receiving bribe money related to a widespread customs fraud ring over which the vice-president has already been jailed and faces charges.