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Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect

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Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City after Guatemalan prosecutors announced they would seek to strip Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity from prosecution. (Santiago Billy/AP)

MEXICO CITY - Prosecutors in Guatemala say they plan to present charges against the country's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and vice president-elect — moves that are being condemned as an attempt to keep Arévalo from taking office in January.

At a news conference on Thursday, prosecutors said they would ask the Supreme Court to strip him and other members of his party of immunity from prosecution for damages resulting from a 2022 protest at a public university. The prosecutors claimed social media posts made by Arévalo at the time had encouraged students to take over the university.

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