Guatemalan Prosecutors Want President's Immunity Stripped After Prison Break
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The Attorney General of Guatemala, Consuelo Porras, is seven months away from handing over the post and although the relief will be inevitable she does not want to lose power. Her strategy is to inherit it from someone close to her. However, the appointment of the new prosecutor, scheduled for May, is in the hands of the president, Bernardo Arévalo, whom the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) keeps under attack since his election in 2022. Continue …
Guatemalan Prosecutors Want President's Immunity Stripped After Prison Break
Guatemalan prosecutors asked Wednesday that President Bernardo Arevalo be stripped of immunity so he can be investigated over a prison break involving members of a gang labeled a terrorist organization by the United States.
The Attorney General of Guatemala asked to withdraw immunity from President Bernardo Ar valo after running away from Barrio 18 gang members.
Guatemala's prosecution stepped up its confrontation with the government. Find out why it requested the withdrawal of immunity of Bernardo Arévalo and the vice president.
President Bernardo Arévalo referred to the situation in the prison system, following the escape of 20 prisoners from the Fraijanes 2 detention centre, of whom 16 remain fugitives from justice and belong to the criminal structure of the neighborhood 18. During his statement, the president recognized the limitations of the government to immediately solve the problems affecting the country’s prisons. “Now magic wand to solve everything in the morni…
The Prosecutor's Office continues its attempts to undermine President Arévalo, now using the escape of Barrio 18 gang members as a pretext. The entry "Guatemala's Prosecutor's Office requests removal of President Arévalo's immunity" was first published on RegeneraciónMX.
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