Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Prosecutors again accuse Guatemala president of corruption
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press
Updated 9:56 pm, Thursday, April 19, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan prosecutors and a United Nations' anti-corruption commission again accused President Jimmy Morales of corruption Thursday related to alleged illegal campaign financing while he was secretary general of his party.
Electoral crimes prosecutor Oscar Schaad said businessmen funneled more than $1 million to Morales' National Convergence Front party, which carried him to the presidency.
Schaad said evidence shows the campaign donations were never reported to electoral authorities. He said the companies that allegedly made the illegal contributions are in food, cement, financial services and other business sectors.
"We have detected that there was financing that simply was not reported to the (electoral) court and that for various reasons the court did not detect it," Schaad said.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prosecutors-again-accuse-Guatemala-president-of-12848244.php
