Guatemala's top election tribunal is raided after confirming results, deepening political crisis
Guatemala's attorney general's office raided the headquarters of the country’s electoral authority hours after it certified the results of the country’s June 25 election, deepening the country's political crisis
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Your support makes all the difference.Guatemala's Attorney General’s Office raided the headquarters of the country’s electoral authority just hours after it certified the results of the country’s June 25 election, sending the country deeper into political turmoil.
The Thursday morning raid appeared to be connected to prosecutors’ attempt to keep progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo from competing in a runoff election Aug. 20.
On Wednesday, the Attorney General’s Office announced that a judge had suspended the legal status of Arévalo’s Seed Movement party, for alleged violations when it gathered the necessary signatures to form.
Supreme Electoral Tribunal spokesman David de León confirmed the raid. The Attorney General’s Office said the raid’s purpose was to search and seize evidence from voter rolls.