Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor flees country after sacking

Juan Francisco Sandoval fled early on Saturday after being dismissed in a move that sparked international condemnation.

Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval fled the country early on Saturday, only hours after being sacked in a move that sparked international outrage. Sandoval, who had led the Guatemalan Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity (FECI) until Friday, fled to the Salvadoran border in the wee hours of Saturday, said Jordan Rodas, the Guatemalan human rights ombudsman. “The decision was made to safeguard his life,” Rodas told the Reuters news agency.