By David Alire Garcia (Reuters) - Guatemala's Bernardo Arevalo triumphed in Sunday's presidential runoff, but a bitter post-election battle is already ...
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Preliminary results show Arevalo securing 58% of the vote, well ahead of the 37% for runner-up Sandra Torres, a former first lady who sought to ride an establishment-friendly coalition to victory in Central America's most populous country. "We do not rule out raids, we do not rule out arrest warrants," prominent prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche told reporters last week ahead of the vote.
"We're going to be faced with a government with a socialist bent," said Ricardo Mendez Ruiz, an influential conservative who a decade ago founded the Foundation Against Terrorism, a key force pushing criminal cases that have targeted anti-corruption judges and prosecutors. Thelma Aldana, a former graft-busting attorney general, is optimistic Arevalo's triumph can revive the fight against graft.
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