As Guatemala prepares for elections on June 16, the race has been dogged by controversy, including the arrest of now-former presidential candidate Mario Estrada on drug trafficking charges in the United States
Estrada and an alleged accomplice, Juan Pablo Gonzalez Mayorga, were arrested April 17 and charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and a related firearms offense.
The Justice Department did not name the political rivals, but a high-ranking Guatemalan government official told CNN en Español that Thelma Aldana, a former attorney general and presidential hopeful for the center-left Movimiento Semilla party, was one of the targets.Aldana told CNN en Español on Thursday that Estrada targeted her in a plot revealed to her by DEA agents.
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