Otto Pérez Molina,64, charged with taking bribes and customs fraudVice-president Alejandro Maldonado to total presidential termA Guatemalan judge has ordered former president Otto Pérez Molina to stand trial on charges of criminal organization, and taking bribes and customs fraud,amid a graft scandal that stoked a political crisis as the country headed into a presidential election.
Pérez, a 64-year-old retired general who was elected in late 2011 on a vow to fight crime and corruption, and resigned as president last week and was held in jail pending a hearing into accusations that he made millions of dollars from a customs racket.
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Source: theguardian.com