Congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders of two journalists in 2015, is escorted by police officers while arriving to the court in Guatemala City. Photo: ReutersThe Guatemala attorney general's office confirmed on Saturday (local time) the arrest of congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders of two journalists in 2015. Juarez was arrested on Saturday morning near his home in the southern district of Suchitepéquez and transferred to Guatemala City, the capital of the Central American nation. "He who owes nothing fears nothing, that's why I'm here in the name of God, who will clear up everything," Juarez told reporters. "That's why they want to investigate me, but I am free of any involvement with him," Juarez told local media.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2018 23:03 UTC