Prosecutors in Guatemala have detained ex-president Alvaro Colom and almost his entire former cabinet in a corruption case involving a bus contract. Prosecutors in Guatemala have detained ex-president Alvaro Colom and almost his entire former cabinet in a corruption case involving a bus contract. Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012, is the latest in a series of former presidents to face legal problems. Special prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval, who said Colom was arrested on Tuesday, is looking into the questionable purchases of public buses for Guatemala City. The case centres around a public bus company known as Transurbano.

Source: Irish Independent February 13, 2018 16:13 UTC