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Guatemala Supreme Court Orders Release Of Anti-corruption Prosecutor

Former prosecutor Virginia Laparra (pictured in December 2022) was arrested in February 2022 as part of apparent payback for her anti-corruption efforts (Credit: AFP)

Guatemala's supreme court on Tuesday ordered the release of former anti-corruption prosecutor Virginia Laparra, who was sentenced in December 2022 to four years in prison for abuse of authority in a trial criticized by the international community.

The criminal chamber of the court ordered that "the preventive detention of the accused cease," in a decision reported by the press and confirmed to AFP by Laparra's lawyers.

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