The police arrested the former official of UN Anti-Mafia Commission in Guatemala, adding to the growing list of detained or exiled former justice operators. The arrest of Claudia González was coordinated by the Internal Affairs Prosecutor’s Office and the National Civil Police, as announced on social media platform X. González suggested her arrest might be […]
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