Guatemala’s Supreme Court suspends senior anti-corruption judge
Guatemala City, Guatemala Reuters Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice said on Tuesday it has suspended Judge Pablo Xitumul, who is known for his fight against corruption and handling high-profile cases against the military and former government officials. The decision comes a day after the prominent Judge Erika Aifan resigned from the post and fled into […]
Drug cartels’ ties to politics in spotlight as Guatemala votes
Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala Reuters The mayor of Nueva Concepcion, a town on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, stands accused by prosecutors of drug trafficking and money laundering for Mexican cartels that use the coastal route to transport cocaine to the US. Yet Otoniel Lima, who rides around his poor municipality of 130,000 people in an […]