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UN anti-crime commission's future uncertain in Guatemala

Sunday, April 19, 2015 by Unknown

Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina speaks about a recent corruption scandal during a press conference at the presidential house in Guatemala City, Friday, April 17, 2015. Guatemala's current and former tax chiefs were detained on Thursday along with more than a dozen other suspects in a crackdown on a ring that allegedly defrauded the state through corruption and theft. Authorities identified the alleged ringleader as Juan Carlos Monzon, private secretary to Vice President Roxana Baldetti. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Even in crime-ridden Guatemala, the headlines were startling: Prosecutors busted a customs bribery ring that likely defrauded the state of millions of dollars, with the current and former Tax Authority chiefs and a top aide to the vice president implicated.








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