Guatemalan migration authorities permitted an international corruption investigator to reenter the country yesterday, after a tense 26 hour standoff in defiance of Guatemala's highest court. Colombian national Yilen Osorio, an investigator with the U.N. backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) was detained on Saturday by migration authorities in the international airport. They were acting in response to a government directive from December, that prohibited the reentry of 11 CICIG investigators for reasons of national security. But a Constitutional Court decision immediately invalidated that decision, meaning Osorio should have been allowed into Guatemala.
CC defends CICIG investigator (Jan. 7, 2019)
CC defends CICIG investigator (Jan. 7, 2019)
CC defends CICIG investigator (Jan. 7, 2019)
Guatemalan migration authorities permitted an international corruption investigator to reenter the country yesterday, after a tense 26 hour standoff in defiance of Guatemala's highest court. Colombian national Yilen Osorio, an investigator with the U.N. backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) was detained on Saturday by migration authorities in the international airport. They were acting in response to a government directive from December, that prohibited the reentry of 11 CICIG investigators for reasons of national security. But a Constitutional Court decision immediately invalidated that decision, meaning Osorio should have been allowed into Guatemala.