{"id":5232,"date":"2017-10-11T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anticorr.media\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2017-10-13T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T07:58:21","slug":"vlasti-gvatemaly-lishili-glavu-antikorrupcionnoj-komissii-oon-vizy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/vlasti-gvatemaly-lishili-glavu-antikorrupcionnoj-komissii-oon-vizy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala Revokes UN Anti-Corruption Head’s Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The decision came after President Jimmy Morales<\/a> attempted to expel Velasquez from the country in August.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Guatemalan authorities revoked the visa of the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala<\/a>, or Cicig<\/a>, only months after the UN-backed anti-graft body\u00a0opened an investigation<\/a>\u00a0against President Jimmy Morales into suspected illicit campaign financing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cicig director, the Colombian lawyer Ivan Velasquez<\/a>, now has eight days to find a solution with the Foreign Minister so he can continue to work in the country.<\/p>\n

In a letter sent to Cicig’s administrative head German Suazo<\/a> on Monday, Guatemala Foreign Ministry justified the decision saying that \u201cthe visa request was not filled by the relevant person.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the letter did not say whether the state official was allowed to submit another visa request.<\/p>\n

Migration authorities stated that Velasquez’ visa expires\u00a0on Oct. 18, and that he will be able to stay in the country only if he could solve the situation before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Guatemala’s Vice President Jafeth Cabrera<\/a> told reporters that the Foreign Ministry was the institution in charge of solving the administrative issue.<\/p>\n

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