Son and brother of Guatemala's president in corruption case

[Judi Lynn]

Son and brother of Guatemala's president in corruption case

Sep. 13, 2016 8:58 PM EDT



GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's president said Tuesday that a son and a brother had made statements to prosecutors investigating the allged misappropriation of funds.

President Jimmy Morales addressed the nation about the case, saying both men went to the Attorney General's Office to make their statements.

They are alleged to have presented false bills for reimbursement favoring the restaurant of one of the financial backers of the political party that carried Morales to office.

An international commission investigating corruption in Guatemala along with the Attorney General's Office arrested 22 people earlier this month for the misappropriation of funds.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/66e875099ca04933997bffb46d9d28c5/son-and-brother-guatemalas-president-corruption-case

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You may recall during the Presidential election campaign we learned Jimmy Morales saw himself as a "comedic actor," well known in his country, and a staunch supporter of the right-wing notorious in Guatemala for its extreme human rights abuses, genocide, torture, etc. That's why it hurts so much to see his loved ones getting scrutinized...

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Jimmy Morales at the height of his career, a real artiste. [/center]

[Judi Lynn]

1. Guatemalan Government Avoids Involving President in Relatives Trial

Guatemalan Government Avoids Involving President in Relatives Trial


Guatemala, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) The government of Guatemala should not make any statement about the alleged involvement of President Jimmy Morales'' son, and one of his brothers, in a corruption case, a government spokesman stressed today.

According to the presidential spokesman, Heinz Heimann, those people are the ones who can and should give an explanation on the matter, but not the president, who based his government in a frontal fight against corruption since the 2015 election campaign.

Indeed, the President was the one who revealed that his son, Jose Manuel Morales and his brother Samuel Morales went to testify before the Public Prosecutor for the case called Loot Land Registry.

In his address to the nation on the anniversary of independence, however, the president already warned that he will not speak about the topic publicly, after expressing his confidence in his son and his brother.

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http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=3772&SEO=guatemalan-government-avoids-involving-president-in-relatives-trial