New Fraud Arrests as Guatemala Perez Molina Closer to Losing Presidential Immunity

New Fraud Arrests as Guatemala Perez Molina Closer to Losing Presidential Immunity
Published 24 June 2015

The latest corruption network to surface in Guatemala implicates the national police force in a US$6.7 million fraud scandal.

Guatemala's Constitutional Court has approved public hearings to receive arguments for and against the immunity-stripping process against President Perez Molina, Guatemala's Prensa Libre reported Wednesday.

If his presidential immunity is removed, Perez Molina could be tried for corruption.

The hearings will aim to help judges reach a decision, after the head of the Constitutional Court called for charges against the president to be defined within eight days.

The Constitutional Court suspended the congressional investigation, ordered by the Supreme Court, into President Perez Molina over alleged corruption last week, granting temporary protections to Perez Molina requested by a third party.

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