Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina (R) appears in court with his lawyer Cesar Calderon (L) to face corruption charges against him in Guatemala City, capital of Guatemala, on Sept. 3, 2015. Otto Perez Molina submitted his resignation as the country's president at midnight Wednesday local time after he was stripped by Guatemalan Congress of his immunity from prosecution amid a corruption investigation into the role he had played in a customs fraud ring. (Xinhua/Str)
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Guatemalan president resigns, hands himself over to judiciary
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The embattled President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina resigned Thursday and voluntarily handed himself over to judicial authorities.
This came after the country's congress stripped Perez Molina of his immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, given his suspected involvement in a criminal enterprise to defraud the country's customs bureau.Full Story
