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| Guatemalan president resigns after arrest warrant issued | Guatemalan president resigns after arrest warrant issued |
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| Guatemala’s president, Otto Pérez Molina has resigned, his spokesman has said, days before a presidential election. | Guatemala’s president, Otto Pérez Molina has resigned, his spokesman has said, days before a presidential election. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
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