When things begin to derail in Guatemala, the locals like to say the country has gone from Guatemala to “Guatepeor” — or, mala, bad, to peor, worse. And the famous maxim is fitting when it comes to the latest crisis in the Central American country’s judicial system, in which judges leading high-profile anti-corruption cases have been forced to flee the country after reports of persecution.
The scandal concerns pressure placed on members of a high-profile anti-corruption task force, who are being leaned on not only by influential criminal networks but also by the Guatemalan justice system and Prosecutor General Consuelo...
