The extent of public corruption afflicting Guatemala’s institutions under the previous Partido Patriota (PP) government led by former president Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) was once again laid bare this month after Guatemala’s attorney general’s office (AG) and the United Nations-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) revealed the findings of an investigation which pointed to a “macro-criminal structure that had co-opted power”. Pérez Molina and his vice president Roxana Baldetti were both forced to step down last year for allegedly heading up a corruption ring at the tax authority (SAT) – a case, which, it has since emerged, was just the tip of the iceberg.End of preview - This article contains approximately 723 words.
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