Guatemala's Prosecutor's Office searches electoral tribunal's office for third time

[Judi Lynn]

Online News Editor
September 12, 2023
2 minutes read


Guatemala City, Sep 12 (EFE) – Three weeks after the victory of president-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León, Guatemalan prosecutors searched the headquarters of the Central American country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal for the third time on Tuesday.

The action of the Public Prosecutor’s Office took place at the Civil Registry Department of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, as confirmed by David de León, spokesman of the Tribunal.

The judicial proceeding occured while the Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, remains in Guatemala to verify the electoral transition process after Arevalo de Leon’s victory on August 20.

The Attorney General’s Office also confirmed that it is searching the Center of Operations of the Electoral Process (COPE) in western Guatemala City to “obtain evidence to strengthen the investigation,” where the ballots from the June 25 and August 20 elections are stored.

Since July 12, the Prosecutor’s Office, led by Attorney General Consuelo Porras, sanctioned for corruption by the US, has investigated the Seed Movement, party of President-elect Arévalo de León, for an alleged case of false signatures committed in 2018.

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