Guatemala issues arrest warrants for Colombia AG

3/6/2025 12:58

Guatemala's attorney general's office announced arrest warrants on Monday for a group of people including Colombia's attorney general and a former UN anti-corruption prosecutor, drawing condemnation from the foreign ministry in Bogota.



In a video on social media, the head of Guatemala's Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity Rafael Curruchiche said a Guatemalan court had issued arrest warrants for Colombia's Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo and Ivan Velasquez, a veteran Colombian prosecutor, on corruption charges.



Curruchiche alleged in the video that Velasquez led a "criminal structure" that benefited businessmen from the Brazilian construction company formerly known as Odebrecht.



The video said, Camargo and Velasquez were charged with criminal association, obstruction of justice, influence peddling and collusion.



In a post on social media on Monday, Velasquez said the arrest warrants amounted to persecution by corrupt officials.