Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for Virginia Laparra forced to flee Guatemala

Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for Virginia Laparra forced to flee Guatemala

On 5 March 2025 Haroon Siddique in the Guardian wrote about Virginia Laparra, a Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor, who spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case. She was forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite. In January last year, she was released under house arrest but in July was jailed for five years for another charge relating to her work. [see…