Giammattei has been accused of propping up the attorney general who spearheaded a judicial campaign against the country's new, anti-graft president, Bernardo Arevalo.
Washington said ‘credible information’ indicates the former president ‘accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions during his tenure’
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The United States Department of State sanctioned former President Alejandro Giammattei this Wednesday and prohibited him from entering the country for “his