Guatemalan Prosecutor Who Tried to Annul the 2023 Elections Dismissed
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Prosecutor Leonor Morales said in December 2023 that the elections held four months earlier were "nulls" for "anomalities" in the minutes and asked the electoral magistrates to render them ineffective. Morales was the head of a unit of crimes against judicial and trade union officials. Arévalo denounced this request as an attempt to "state coup" led by the then general prosecutor, Consuelo Porras, sanctioned by the United States and the European…
Guatemala's prosecution dismissed a senior official who tried to annul the 2023 elections in which the current Social Democratic President Bernardo Arévalo won, announced the institution on Tuesday.
Leonor Morales Lazo, one of the prosecutors who remained in the Public Prosecutor's Office after the departure of Consuelo Porras, was dismissed by Attorney General Gabriel García Luna. The now ex-prosecutor was announced by various criminalization processes against justice operators, journalists, activists and politicians opposing the government of Alejandro Giammattei. ...
Guatemala City, Sep 22 (Latin Press) Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) today confirmed the dismissal of the questioned prosecutor, Leonor Morales, among six others as part of the changes promoted by Gabriel García's new management. The post They confirmed in Guatemala the dismissal of the questioned prosecutor first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) confirmed on Tuesday, September 22, the dismissal of Leonor Eugenia Morales Lazo, along with six other employees of the institution. The decision reaches seven people in total. In addition to Morales, they were removed: The MP indicated that the removals respond to “different reasons” and are part of the transformation process [...]
The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that it dismissed prosecutor Leonor Morales Lazo for appointing a prosecutor's assistant as prosecutor's officer while she was on vacation.
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