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Anti-graft investigator flees Guatemala to ‘safeguard his life’

By AFP
July 26, 2021

Guatemala City: Guatemala’s top anti-graft investigator, Juan Francisco Sandoval, fled the country Saturday to "safeguard his life," hours after he was sacked in a move that sparked international backlash, a human rights official said.

Guatemalan Ombudsman Jordan Rodas accompanied Sandoval to the Salvadoran border "in light of the difficult decision to leave the country to safeguard his life and integrity due to recent events," according to the Central American country’s human rights body.