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Spain arrests five in Guatemala probe

Thursday, May 16, 2019


Spanish anti-corruption prosecutors have arrested five people who are suspected of being involved in payoffs by a Barcelona company to the former president and vice president of Guatemala.

Prosecutors say Wednesday the case concerns the alleged payment between 2012 and 2015 of $30 million in bribes by a Barcelona port operations company, the Associated Press reports.