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Ex-Guatemalan president gets 16 years for corruption
A UN-backed anti-corruption body revealed several scandals in Guatemala before it was shut down in 2019 by then-president Jimmy Morales after it began investigating him.
Guatemalan former President (2012-2015) Otto Perez Molina gestures before listening to his sentence during a hearing at the court in Guatemala City on December 7, 2022. /AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced former president Otto Perez to 16 years in prison, finding him guilty of leading a massive customs fraud scheme while in office.
Perez, who was