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A prominent Guatemalan newspaper editor who has overseen investigations into corruption was arrested, prompting denunciations on Saturday by politicians, anticorruption advocates and civic groups.
Prosecution agents arrested Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin at his home on Friday night, searching his residence, seizing telephones and accusing him of money laundering. Zamora Marroquin is a prize-winning journalist who heads the newspaper El Periodico.
“This is an orchestrated plan, where the aim now is not to pursue those who are corrupt, but rather opponents,” human rights advocate Eleonora Muralles said. “The strategy is to coopt the whole system and have judges with serious doubts about
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