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September 17, 2018

Guatemala's Highest Court Orders Return of U.N.-Backed Anti-Corruption Probe
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Guatemala's highest court has ordered President Jimmy Morales to allow
the United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission to return to
Guatemala and carry out its investigation into graft and illegal
campaign financing. This is the second time in two years that
Guatemala's constitutional court has ruled in favor of the commission
over the president. Mass protests erupted after Morales tried to shut
down the investigation, which is investigating the president for over $1
million in illicit campaign financing. Similar investigations by the
commission have brought down other high ranking leaders, including the
previous Guatemalan president Otto Pérez Molina.


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