Guatemalan president will be convicted of graft: AG

[Judi Lynn]

Guatemalan president will be convicted of graft: AG
By AFP 1 hour ago .

Guatemala's attorney general said Wednesday she is confident embattled President Otto Perez will be convicted of corruption, as the country's top court rejected his challenge to prosecutors' moves to try him.

The conservative leader is against the ropes after Congress voted unanimously Tuesday to strip him of his immunity, clearing the way for prosecutors to go ahead with their case against him.

Investigators accuse Perez of running a scheme in which businesses paid bribes to dodge taxes on their imports, defrauding the country of millions of dollars.

"There's a criminal case and we will go to trial and then a verdict. In my opinion and based on what I know of the case, it will have to be a conviction," Attorney General Thelma Aldana told AFP.

More:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/guatemalan-president-will-be-convicted-of-graft-ag/article/442730#ixzz3kcF5kojl

[Mika]

1. Cheers Erupt As Guatemala Paves Way to Arrest School of the Americas-Trained President Perez Molina

Cheers Erupt As Guatemala Paves Way to Arrest School of the Americas-Trained President Perez Molina

'Now that Guatemala has kicked open the door, set an example for the world,
this trail of blood can be followed wherever it leads, including back to Washington,
says journalist Nairn.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/02/cheers-erupt-guatemala-paves-way-arrest-school-americas-trained-president-perez

[Judi Lynn]

2. This is an outstanding article from an author who knew Perez Molina during the atrocities.

This is important, from the article:

. . .now that Pérez Molina has been stripped of immunity, anyone can step forward and file criminal charges against him for the slaughter in the Ixil zone in December of ’82 . . .

Sure hope someone will, they've come too far to turn back now!

Thank you, so much, Mika.

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Guatemalan people in the Ixil triangle
carrying remains of their loved ones
exhumed from mass graves to be
buried properly at a cemetery. [/center]