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The current president of the Supreme Court of Justice is Oscar Cruz Oliva, who was voted in by the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. [1] [2] The Supreme Court of Justice was established by the Constitution of Guatemala (articles 203-222) and also operates under the legal framework set out in the Law of the Judicial Branch, Decree Number 2 ...
The trial was suspended on 19 April 2013 by Judge Carol Patricia Flores, following a directive from the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala. The judge ordered the legal process to be set back to November 2011, before the retired general was charged with war crimes.
She started her career as a bailiff in 1976 and later became judge. She was head of a civil court in 2000 for 9 years and later president of a civil appeals court. She was reportedly backed by the private sector and official apparatus at the time of president of the republic Otto Pérez [6] when she was first elected magistrate of the Supreme Court (CSJ) by the Guatemalan Congress for the ...
The Constitutional Court (Corte de Constitucionalidad) is Guatemala's constitutional court and only interprets the law in matters that affect the country's constitution. It is composed of five judges, elected for concurrent five-year terms each with a supplement, each serving one year as president of the Court: one is elected by Congress, one elected by the Supreme Court of Justice, one is ...
On 21 October 2011, Barreda's mother, Beatriz Ofelia de León, ex-magistrate of the Supreme Court of Guatemala, was arrested for corruption of justice in the Siekavizza case. [6] Barreda was finally caught in Mérida, Yucatán and extradited on 8 November 2013. Since then, his lawyers had consistently attempted to obstruct the course of justice ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Born in Guatemala City, Maldonado graduated from San Carlos University with a degree in law. [ 4 ] Since the 1960s, he was a member of the far-right National Liberation Movement political party ( Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional or MLN), alleged to have started the use of death squads against communists.
He graduated in 1984 from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala where he obtained the titles of Law and Social Sciences, Lawyer and Notary Public.He began his career, in 1974, in the Judicial Branch where he served as an assistant officer in the courts until 1980, from that year he founded his own law firm "Molina Barreto & Asociados" in which he worked for several years in the private sphere.