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Little Tich

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Thu Sep 3, 2015, 10:02 PM Sep 2015

Otto Pérez Molina out as Guatemala's President, ordered to jail

Source: CNN

(CNN)One day ago, Otto Pérez Molina was Guatemala's President.

By Thursday, he not only had lost that job, but was in custody.

Guatemala's Attorney General issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Pérez Molina in connection with a corruption investigation that has shaken the government and sparked protests. The 64-year-old former military commander responded by submitting his resignation -- an offer that the Central American country's Congress, by a 118-0 vote, accepted.

A short time later, Alejandro Maldonado -- who had been vice president -- was sworn in as successor.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/03/americas/guatemala-president-arrest-warrant/index.html

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Otto Pérez Molina out as Guatemala's President, ordered to jail (Original Post) Little Tich Sep 2015 OP
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