Guatemala Crisis Deepens as Officials Claim Election Invalid
- ‘Irregularities’ found in vote, attorney general office says
- Electoral authority rejects claims, says results are official
Bernardo Arevalo, Guatemala’s president-elect, greets demonstrators during a protest at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.
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Guatemala’s political crisis deepened after prosecutors called for the invalidation of Bernardo Arevalo’s presidential election victory, only for the nation’s electoral authority to immediately reject their claims.
Prosecutors from the attorney general’s office said Friday that they had found a series of “irregularities” that demand the vote be annulled. The country’s top electoral judge, Blanca Alfaro, asserted in response that the results were “validated, official and immutable.”