InSight Crime

SEARCH SEARCH

Mon, Apr 23, 2018

Home
News
Countries
Investigations
InDepth
About Us
tw-icon
fb-icon
in-icon
Español

Backroom Justice - The War for Guatemala’s Courts
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORT

Special interest groups have co-opted Guatemala’s justice system and blocked the efforts of those trying to clean things up. InSight Crime investigates the backroom players who are pulling the strings.

Justice and the Creation of a Mafia State in Guatemala

The ‘Tennis Shoe King’ Who Became Guatemala’s Gentleman Lobbyist

The War of Paz y Paz: The Revolution

The War of Paz y Paz: The Victims

The War of Paz y Paz: Enemy of the State

The War of Paz y Paz: Portrait of a Guatemalan Political Broker

A New Inquiry, A Mea Culpa and Another Possible Crisis in Guatemala

In an extraordinary admission of wrongdoing that could upend a process to select the new attorney general, Guatemala’s most powerful elites issued a statement apologizing for transgressions during the last presidential election, including their involvement in illicitly financing the current president’s...

Guatemala Attorney General Nominations Threaten Anti-Graft Efforts

A controversial commission has selected the final candidates for Guatemala's next attorney general, illustrating how criminal elites may have manipulated the selection process and raising concerns about the future of the fight against corruption, now in the hands of the the embattled President Jimmy...

Leaders Beset by Graft Scandals to Talk Corruption at Regional Summit

The 2018 Summit of the Americas will likely see many uncomfortable conversions between nervous politicians -- and perhaps a heavy dose of hypocrisy -- thanks to the summit’s theme: “democratic governance against...