Guatemala's president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption charges

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By Alexandra Alper and Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. Former vice president Alejandro Maldonado was sworn in as president to fill out the remaining months of Perez's term. "I am going to respect due process and face this," Perez told reporters after a court hearing and before he was escorted away to jail because he was deemed a flight risk.




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