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Former top prosecutor to run for president in Guatemala

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FILE - In this Jan 19, 2018 file photo, Guatemalan Attorney General Thelma Aldana, who sent a president to prison and broke up a number of high-level corruption rings, listens to a question during an interview at her office in Guatemala City. On Friday, March 8, 2019, two days after becoming a presidential candidate, Aldana is being accused by the Attorney General\'s office in a case of irregular hiring practices, (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

GUATEMALA CITY – A prominent former Guatemalan prosecutor was nominated Sunday to run for president by the Seed Movement party.

Sixty-three-year-old Thelma Aldana was Guatemala’s top prosecutor from 2014 to 2018. During that time, she jailed then-President Otto Perez Molina and most of his Cabinet on corruption charges. Perez Molina resigned in 2015.

Prosecutors said last week that they have opened a corruption investigation into Aldana. If she is arrested or charged, it could effectively prevent her from running in the June election.

Prosecution spokeswoman Julia Barrera said the investigation was related to a case of irregular hiring of personnel.

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