Guatemala's crusading prosecutor exits amid praise, threats

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Guatemala's crusading prosecutor exits amid praise, threats
Associated Press

GUATEMALA CITY -- It's been a long time since it was safe for Thelma Aldana to go out in public alone, and perhaps it never will be again.

As chief prosecutor for Guatemala, Aldana won plaudits at home and abroad as the woman who sent a president to prison and broke up a number of high-level corruption rings. But it came at a cost - her own personal safety - as her crusading angered some of the country's most powerful and dangerous people, long accustomed to doing as they pleased with little or no consequences.

The biggest trophy on her wall from four years in office: Taking down a network allegedly led by then-President Otto Perez Molina, who is accused of defrauding the state of millions of dollars.

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