Guatemalan President Rejects Graft Claims Ahead of Elections
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina rejected accusations by the attorney general that he led a customs tax fraud racket as Congress weighs a vote this week over whether to strip him of immunity from prosecution.
Addressing reporters for the first time since the allegations were made Aug. 21, Perez Molina said he won’t resign and that he “did not receive a single cent” in the alleged bribery scheme that has seen his former vice president and two former tax chiefs jailed.