Guatemalan authorities have arrested an Indigenous leader who spearheaded nationwide protests in 2023 that sought to ensure then President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s transition to power while also demanding the resignation of the country’s attorney general

Author: SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 23/04/2025 | 16:42:12

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The Attorney General’s Office accuses Luis Pacheco, now serving in Arévalo’s government, of terrorism and illicit association. In October 2023, he led an alliance of 48 Indigenous communities in peaceful protests that shut down highways across Guatemala for three weeks. Attorney General Consuelo Porras has been the focus of much of that ire as she has refused to step down.

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