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Son, Brother of Outgoing Guatemalan President Cleared of Fraud

Reuters

   GUATEMALA CITY - A Guatemalan court on Monday acquitted a son and a
   brother of outgoing President Jimmy Morales, after a corruption case
   that battered his popularity and sparked the leader's feud with a
   United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission.

   Samuel "Sammy" Morales, the president's older brother and political
   adviser, had been on trial on suspicion of fraud and money laundering,
   while Jose Manuel Morales, the president's eldest son, was facing fraud
   charges.

   In January 2017, the Attorney General's office and the International
   Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) accused both men of
   defrauding the land registry of $12,000 in 2013, using false invoices,
   before Morales was elected.

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