Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor flees country after sacking
Juan Francisco Sandoval fled early on Saturday after being dismissed in a move that sparked international condemnation.
24 Jul 2021
Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval fled the country early on Saturday, only hours after being sacked in a move that sparked international outrage.
Sandoval, who had led the Guatemalan Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI) until Friday, fled to the Salvadoran border in the wee hours of Saturday, said Jordan Rodas, the Guatemalan human rights ombudsman
“The decision was made to safeguard his life,” Rodas told the Reuters news agency.
Sandoval arrived in La Chinamas, a border town in El Salvador, about 120km (75 miles) southeast of Guatemala City. He was accompanied on his trip out of Guatemala by human rights activists, Swedish Ambassador Hans Magnusson, and journalists from The Associated Press.
“Sadly, this has become a situation that many public servants in Guatemala have had to go through simply because we are not useful for the regime,” Sandoval said, as reported by AP.
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