Guatemala uncovers alleged judge bribery ring

27 February 2018 - 23H07

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) -
Guatemalan authorities said Tuesday they have uncovered a bribery ring led by a high-profile lawyer designed to rig elections for supreme court justices.

Prosecutors and a UN-backed body tasked with rooting out graft in the Central American nation said they are demanding the immunity of two lower court judges be lifted for the investigation to move forward.

Chief prosecutor Thelma Aldana told reporters that influential lawyer, Roberto Lopez Villatoro -- known as "The King of Tennis" -- had been arrested along with a judge, Eddy Giovanni Orellana, on Friday.

Lopez Villatoro was suspected of bribing the two lower court judges to alter the outcome of elections to the top court between 2014 and 2019, with the aim of putting those elected in his pocket.

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