Otto Pérez Molina: Guatemalan ex-leader pleads guilty to corruption

2023-09-07 20:56

Otto Pérez Molina, who resigned in 2015, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud.

A court in Guatemala has sentenced former president Otto Pérez Molina to eight years in jail.

Pérez Molina, who was forced from office in 2015 by anti-corruption protests, pleaded guilty to money laundering, fraud and corruption.

Prosecutors say he had received millions of dollars in bribes...