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Guatemala judge orders ex-president Perez detained

/ 10:36 AM September 04, 2015

In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 photo, Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina waves at the end of a press conference in Guatemala City. The president's spokesman Jorge Ortega says Molina has resigned in the face of a fraud scandal. Ortega says Perez Molina submitted his resignation at midnight local time late Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, after a judge issued an order to detain him in a corruption scandal that has brought his government to the brink. AP

In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 photo, Guatemala’s President Otto Perez Molina waves at the end of a press conference in Guatemala City. The president’s spokesman Jorge Ortega says Molina has resigned in the face of a fraud scandal. Ortega says Perez Molina submitted his resignation at midnight local time late Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, after a judge issued an order to detain him in a corruption scandal that has brought his government to the brink. AP

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala—A judge ordered the detention Thursday of Guatemala’s disgraced president Otto Perez, hours after he resigned his post amid a massive corruption scandal.

Judge Miguel Angel Galvez said that Perez, who was in court answering a raft of corruption charges, posed a flight risk and should be held at the Matamoros military prison near the center of Guatemala City.

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