Guatemala President-elect suspends transition after agents raid election facilities, open vote boxes

By SONIA PÉREZ D.
Associated Press

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Following raids on electoral facilities in Guatemala where government agents opened boxes of votes and photographed their contents in what experts called an unprecedented violation of the law, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo said that he was temporarily suspending the transition process and called for the resignation of the attorney general. Arévalo said Tuesday he had notified outgoing President Alejandro Giammattei, who just a day earlier had promised a smooth handover of power, and would only return to the process when the necessary conditions were met. It was not immediately clear if it could affect the constitutionally-mandated transfer of power Jan. 14.