Guatemala prosecutors target ex-president for alleged corruption
OCTOBER 5, 2017 / 9:57 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Sofia Menchu
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala’s attorney general and a U.N. anti-graft body accused the mayor of Guatemala City, Alvaro Arzu, of corruption on Thursday, adding him to a long list of influential politicians under investigation for suspected wrongdoing.
Arzu, who was also Guatemalan president from 1996-2000, rejected the accusations after they were announced by Ivan Velasquez, head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), and Attorney General Thelma Aldana.
Velasquez, who has unsuccessfully tried to impeach President Jimmy Morales but was instrumental in bringing down his predecessor Otto Perez, said Arzu was suspected of creating fake payrolls and using public funds for his re-election bid in 2015.
“It was possible to document existence of bogus positions in the Guatemala municipality,” Velasquez, a veteran Colombian prosecutor, told a news conference that Arzu also attended.
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Alvaro Arzu