Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her ho...
FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Sandra Torres, of the National Unity of Hope political party, shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the presidential election second round run-off vote in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 11, 2019. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her home on Monday, on charges the attorney general’s office said included suspicion of violating campaign finance rules. Torres, 63, lost a runoff election to President-elect Alejandro Giammattei last month, her third attempt at the top job.
She was bustled by several men in police uniforms from her house a few miles outside the capital, Guatemala City, her face mostly covered by a headscarf and large dark glasses. “She is charged with the crimes of failing to register election financing, and unlawful association,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement. The office said the warrant against Torres was issued on Friday.A former first lady, she has been one of Guatemala’s most prominent political figures for more than a decade, and the party she leads holds the largest number of seats in Congress.
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