EPISODE · Jul 22, 2023 · 27 MIN
US Sanctions Judge and Prosecutor Involved in Attempted Electoral Coup in Guatemala
from Central America in Minutes · host El Faro English
The Biden administration has banned from U.S. territory the prosecutor and judge who attempted to interfere in Guatemala’s run-off election and who incarcerated journalist José Rubén Zamora. The sanctions also include a dozen Nicaraguan officials involved in the banishment of political prisoners but steer clear of the inner circles of the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras in a sign of a shifting U.S. strategy in Central America.
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The Biden administration has banned from U.S. territory the prosecutor and judge who attempted to interfere in Guatemala’s run-off election and who incarcerated journalist José Rubén Zamora. The sanctions also include a dozen Nicaraguan officials involved in the banishment of political prisoners but steer clear of the inner circles of the presidents of El Salvador and Honduras in a sign of a shifting U.S. strategy in Central America.
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