Juan Francisco Sandoval* Versión en español aquí. On March 5, 2003, I joined Guatemala’s Public Prosecutor’s Office as an intern, as part of my mandatory criminal practice, during my undergraduate studies in legal and social sciences at the State University of San Carlos, Guatemala (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala). I never imagined that this initial internshipwould turn into a […]
What Kamala Needs to Know*
Ana Lorena Delgadillo and Alicia Moncada** The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is visiting Mexico and Guatemala at one of the most critical moments of the migration crisis in the Americas. Although her itinerary has been predetermined, we cannot miss this opportunity to communicate what the Mexican government may not tell her. […]
Judicial immunity: a double-edged sword in Guatemala*
Hannah Jane Ahern** and Ursula Indacochea*** On February 1, 2021, Judge Erika Lorena Aifán Dávila, judge for the First Criminal Court of First Instance, Na and Crimes against the Environment of the department of Guatemala with competence to hear High Risk Proceedings, Group D, issued an arrest warrant against former judge Mynor Mauricio Moto Morataya, […]
