Alvaro Arzu accused of wrongdoing in Guatemala

Moises Galindo and and Luis Lima were not the biggest names in trouble yesterday. It appears that another former Guatemala president might face justice. Current Guatemala City Mayor Alvaro Arzu was accused by CICIG and the MP's office of "creating fake payrolls and using public funds for his re-election bid in 2015."

Velasquez said the positions were created for relatives of Byron Lima, a former security official for Arzu and army captain who died in a prison riot in 2016 while serving a 20-year sentence for the murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi in 1998.

Velasquez and Aldana, who worked together to bring charges against the now-imprisoned Perez, need Supreme Court approval to strip Arzu of the immunity he enjoys as an elected official.

Arzu, one of the most influential politicians in Guatemala and mayor of the capital since 2004, tried to get hold of the microphone to face down his accusers during the news conference.

“This pair are trying to get back at me because they couldn’t carry out their ‘coup’ with another president,” Arzu told reporters.

“These were not bogus positions, those people came to work every day. They should go ahead and investigate me, I‘m not bothered (that they are trying to strip my immunity),” he said.

 No one will escape unharmed apparently.