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Alejandro Giammattei es un ex director de sistema penitenciario cuyo mandato se vio empañado por el asesinato de siete prisioneros en 2006 durante una redada policial. Fue acusado, pero nunca afrontó cargos relacionados con esas muertes. AP Photo/ Santiago Billy

Guatemala: Corrupción e inseguridad son los primeros retos del próximo presidente

Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

El círculo de allegados del presidente-electo guatemalteco Alejandro Giammattei está formado por ex generales y agentes de poder de élite, los mismos que han gobernado el país durante décadas.
Alejandro Giammattei is a former prison official whose tenure was tainted by the 2006 mass killing of seven prisoners. He was accused but never indicted on conspiracy charges in those deaths. AP Photo/ Santiago Billy

Guatemala’s next president has few plans for fixing rampant corruption, crime and injustice

Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

Conservative Alejandro Giammattei beat former first lady Sandra Torres with 60% of the vote. But turnout was the lowest in Guatemala’s modern history, in apparent protest of both candidates.
Sandra Torres, presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope, won the first round of presidential election in Guatemala with 25% of the vote, followed by former national prison director Alejandro Giammatei. The two will face-off in the second round of voting in August. Reuters/Luis Echeverria

Corruption triumphs in Guatemala’s presidential election

Naomi Roht-Arriaza, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

For their next president, Guatemalans must choose between two veteran politicians with shady pasts and alleged ties to organized crime.

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