Guatemala: Ex VP Sentenced to Preventative Detention

Former Vice President Roxana Baldetti was sentenced to three months preventative detention and will be transferred to the Santa Teresa women’s prison. She was charged with illicit association, customs fraud and bribery, and has been accused of being one of the masterminds of the massive customs fraud ring “La Linea”, together with Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina. The President has refused to resign and the Supreme Court has now approved impeachment proceedings against him. teleSUR