Carolina Escobar Sarti wrote in Prensa Libre about the targeted killing of Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa and places it within the context of a changing Guatemala. It was translated by Rights Action and this is the full piece. Mechanism: terror…. Read More ›
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa
Death of an Anti-Corruption Prosecutor
The murder of a former prosecutor has plunged Guatemala’s anti-corruption movement into mourning. In a country plagued by organized crime, the police’s initial response raises the question of just how complicit they are in one of the highest-profile murders in… Read More ›
Assassination of anti-corruption prosecutor in Guatemala
The assassination of Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa took place a short while ago and Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) released a note and a call for action regarding the murder. He was was a Guatemalan prosecutor, anti-corruption activist and politician… Read More ›
U.S. Anti-Corruption Drive Faces Bleak Prospects in Central America
Visiting Guatemala on her first foreign trip as vice president, Kamala Harris pledged to tackle corruption as a root cause of U.S.-bound migration. Sandra Cuffe writes in The Intercept on the challenges facing the anti-corruption efforts in Guatemala against the… Read More ›
Guatemala Drops Charges Against Former President, Arrests Anti-Corruption Prosecutors
Parker Asmann writes in Insight Crime about the latest manoeuvrings being carried out in defence of corruption and impunity in Guatemala. The elites look to be doubling down on their disregard for the rule of law. Guatemala seems to have… Read More ›
