GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) – Former Guatemalan president Otto Perez was ordered Friday to stand trial on corruption charges. Perez is charged with racketeering, illicit enrichment and fraud as leader of a multi-million dollar scheme involving the Central American country’s customs duty system, said Judge Miguel Angel Galvez. The former president served from 2012 until he was forced to resign amid grassroots outrage in 2015. Perez listened calmly as the judge read out his decision after a […]





