Recent attacks on Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez are part of a broader campaign on Guatemala’s courts that have forced nearly two dozen judges and prosecutors into exile.
Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez s reputation for independence amid criticism and threats in Guatemala has drawn praise from the US, which sees anticorruption efforts in Central America as crucial to reducing migration. But nothing, he said, prepared him for the attacks he has faced in recent weeks.
Incidents of Guatemala’s judges and prosecutors being forced to resign, dismissed, harassed, intimidated, arrested and judicially persecuted are being recorded with increased frequency. Notably, all those affected in the reports have been involved in investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating large-scale high-level corruption and gross human rights violations.
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