Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief pleads guilty in FIFA bribe case

Edit The Miami Herald 30 Jul 2016
A former Guatemalan soccer federation president has pleaded guilty in New York to charges related to a sprawling corruption investigation of world soccer....

Ex-Guatemalan football chief pleads guilty to bribery after US investigation

Edit Canberra Times 30 Jul 2016
A former president of Guatemala's football federation pleaded guilty to charges he received bribes to award lucrative media and marketing rights for football matches ... ....

Former Guatemalan Soccer Federation Head Pleads Guilty to Corruption

Edit Sputnik 29 Jul 2016
The US Department of Justice said that former president of the Guatemalan soccer federation (FENAFUTG) Brayan Jimenez has pleaded guilty to receiving bribes in exchange for media and marketing contracts to FIFA World Cup qualifying games ... ....

Former President Of Guatemalan Soccer Federation Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Corruption Charges (United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Brayan Jiménez, the president of the Guatemalan soccer federation (FENAFUTG) from 2009 to 2015, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy ... Original documenthttps.//www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-president-guatemalan-soccer-federation-pleads-guilty-racketeering-and-corruption....

Princeton home invasion sex assault suspect appears in court

Edit NJ dot com 29 Jul 2016
TRENTON - A Guatemalan man accused of breaking into a woman's house and sexually assaulting her last month had his bail maintained during a court appearance Friday ... The Princeton resident and Guatemalan native is accused of breaking into a woman's house on Birch Avenue in Princeton around midnight on June 29 ... Princeton sex assault suspect charged again ...  ....

UPDATE 1-Ex-Guatemalan soccer chief pleads guilty to U.S. bribery charges

Edit Reuters 29 Jul 2016
NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - A former president of Guatemala's soccer federation pleaded guilty on Friday to charges he received bribes to award lucrative media and marketing rights for soccer matches, the latest development in the U.S. corruption investigation into world soccer's governing body FIFA. ....

Better Journalism through Greater Awareness (IRI - International Republican Institute)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
(Source. IRI - International Republican Institute). The press is capable of stimulating the public conscience when it generates meaningful debate on issues that tug on the fabric of social life ... Such exposure helped Guatemalan journalists become change agents by addressing biases and helping them see and report on contributions of marginalized groups in the community ... (noodl. 34759335) ....

These 4 Countries Elected Rookie Heads of State. How’d That Go?

Edit Politico 29 Jul 2016
If there’s been one lesson to glean from the past few days, it’s that Donald Trump is no seasoned candidate for president ... Milan ... Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria ... As Guatemalans took to the streets last August protesting their President Otto Perez Molina, who was implicated in a customs fraud scheme, Morales—then totally unknown in politics—announced his candidacy ... official to attend a Guatemalan inauguration in nearly three decades....

BPACS strengthens U.S. and Latin American relations (Hurlburt Field)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Jul 2016
(Source. Hurlburt Field) HURLBURT FIELD. Fla., -- --. The United States Special Operations schoolhouse, here, graduated 34 attendees July 22, from the Building Partnership Aviation Capacity Seminar ... civilians and military members ... counterparts sitting side by side ... For representatives of the Guatemalan Air Force, who participated in the BPACS seminar, the course allowed them to share their own experiences with other partner nations ... (noodl....

Guatemalan Judge Orders New Graft Probe of Former Leaders

Edit Voa News 28 Jul 2016
A Guatemalan judge has formally ordered prosecutors to investigate former President Otto Perez Molina and the woman who served as his vice president in another corruption case. Miguel Angel Galvez issued the decision Wednesday against Perez Molina and Roxanna Baldetti for possible charges of bribery and money laundering. It's the second graft case against Perez Molina and the third against Baldetti ... They deny the accusations ... ....

Guatemalan judge charges former president in bribery case

Edit Reuters 28 Jul 2016
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan judge on Wednesday charged former President Otto Perez with money laundering and bribery in a massive corruption case in which 52 others were also accused, including former ministers, business people and lawyers. ....

Guatemala orders new graft probe of former president, ex-VP

Edit Arizona Daily Star 28 Jul 2016
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan judge formally ordered prosecutors Wednesday to investigate former President Otto Perez Molina and his ex-vice president in another corruption case ... ....

Guatemalan ex-leader Perez Molina faces new graft probe

Edit BBC News 28 Jul 2016
A judge in Guatemala has ordered that former President Otto Perez Molina be investigated in connection with a multi-million dollar corruption case. Mr Perez Molina resigned on 2 September over allegations of graft. He was arrested a day later ... Guatemala ministers arrested over helicopter 'gift' ... ....
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