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Guatemala court blocks president's expulsion of UN team
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press
Updated 8:58 pm CST, Wednesday, January 9, 2019
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court issued a ruling Wednesday blocking President Jimmy Morales' decision to unilaterally end a U.N. anti-corruption commission.
The commission, known by its Spanish initials as CICIG, has angered Morales by investigating him, his sons and his brother on accusations of corruption, which they deny.
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overruled Morales' decision after all-night deliberations on five appeals against the president's cancellation of the agreement with the United Nations.
Hours later, Guatemala's Supreme Court announced that it would let a petition by a group of lawyers to strip the Constitutional Court justices of their immunity from prosecution advance to the nation's congress.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Guatemala-court-blocks-president-s-expulsion-of-13520158.php
