President Perez Molina has announced he will be making a request to extend until 2017 the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in the country.
From a statement issued by the Government of Guatemala:
President Otto Perez Molina has announced the decision of his government to ask the United Nations for a new mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) so that it will continue in office until 2017.
The dismantling of the network of corruption at the highest level of the taxation system shows the validity and the necessity that Central America has for having bodies such as the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala.
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Guatemalan business leaders have been talking about the matter, after the release of the CICIG updates which shed light on a group of criminals who, from the highest level of customs administration, engineered smuggling and tax fraud in the country. See: "Customs Fraud Network in Guatemala".
Arrests have been made of Omar Franco Alvaro Chacón, head of the Superintendency of Tax Administration and Carlos Enrique Muñoz Roldán, former head the SAT, and 19 other senior officials, employees and individuals.
From a statement issued by the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG):
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