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"Pacific demonstration" in Guatemala City, on April 25, 2015, after the first corruption allegations against the Pérez Molina Administration.. The La Línea corruption case began in Guatemala on April 16, 2015 when the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Spanish: Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala, CICIG) and State prosecutors accused a number of ...
In Guatemala City there is a red-light district by the "La Linea" railway track. [11] About 250 [12] prostitutes work there in shacks. [13] The women rent the shacks directly from the owners and work for themselves, not pimps. They do have to pay protection money to local gangs. [12] [14] Generally the local police ignore the area. [12]
In January 2020, La Linea leader Luis Antonio N. was arrested for murders of two Mexican National Guardsmen [70] In February 2020, another La Linea member was arrested in the El Paso region. [71] On May 25, 2020, La Linea lieutenant Gibran R.S., also known as "El Mocho, along with his wife Daniela and two alleged henchmen were arrested in ...
Baldetti was born on May 13, 1962, in Guatemala City to Alejandro Baldetti [citation needed] and Gladys Elías de Baldetti. [9] She was raised by her mother, who owned a beauty salon, in a conservative, Catholic household in the working-class neighborhood Colonia Primero de Julio neighborhood of Guatemala City.
Ahead of the election, the La Linea corruption case involving high-ranking officials of the outgoing administration, including President Otto Pérez Molina and Vice President Roxana Baldetti, was made public by the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. Baldetti resigned in May and was arrested on fraud charges in August.
It was created on December 12, 2006, when the United Nations and Guatemala signed a treaty-level agreement setting up CICIG as an independent body to support the Public Prosecutor's Office (Procuraduría General de la Nación), the National Civilian Police (Policía Nacional Civil) and other state institutions in the investigation of sensitive and difficult cases.
La Linea (Italian) or La Línea (Spanish, "the line") may refer to: La Línea corruption case, Guatemalan corruption case revolving around the former president and vice-president. La Línea de la Concepción, a town in Spain bordering Gibraltar; La Línea (Road Pass), high mountain pass and planned highway tunnel in Colombia
The Patriotic Party (Spanish: Partido Patriota, PP) was a conservative political party in Guatemala. It was founded on 24 February 2001 by retired army officer Otto Pérez Molina . Strongly compromised by corruption cases, the party fell from 36% support in 2011 to 4% in 2015.