Guatemalan former President (2012-2015) Otto Perez Molina gestures before listening to his sentence during a hearing at the court in Guatemala City on December 7, 2022. - A Guatemalan court is due to rule on December 7 in the trial of former president Otto Perez Molina, a retired general who came to power in 2012 on a promise to end corruption and resigned in September 2015 over customs fraud. The court will also rule on his vice-president Roxana Baldetti, who resigned in April of the same year over the corruption scandal. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced former President Otto Perez to 16 years in prison, finding him guilty of leading a massive customs fraud scheme while in office. After the sentence was handed down Perez, 72, told reporters, “I truly feel frustrated, I feel disappointed.”He said he would appeal the ruling.

Source: Punch December 08, 2022 17:45 UTC