Friday, September 3, 2021

Guatemala begins probe into bribery allegations linked to president

Guatemala begins probe into bribery allegations linked to president

Prosecutors in Guatemala have begun an investigation into allegations that Russian citizens paid a bribe to President Alejandro Giammattei to obtain a dock in one of the country's main ports, the attorney general's office said on Friday.

Juan Luis Pantaleon, spokesman for the Guatemalan attorney general's office, said anti-corruption prosecutors had opened the probe, underlining that Giammattei was not currently under investigation because no impeachment proceedings had begun.

Patricia Letona, a spokeswoman for Giammattei, said the president's office had no comment on the matter for now.


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