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Guatemalan Congress President, Alvaro Arzu Escobar, left, has a laugh with congressman Juan Manuel Giordano during a session of Congress in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Guatemala’s congress is leading their own investigative commission against the U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission that over the course of 12 years helped bring to justice hundreds of politicians, businesspeople, judges and others accused of corruption. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Critics say Guatemala commission undermining anti-graft push

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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, firecrackers go off as a supporter in favor of a decision by Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales to shut down a U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission led by Ivan Velasquez, protests outside the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, CICIG, headquarters in Guatemala City. The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, that the country withdrew diplomatic immunity from 11 workers with the U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission who have investigated cases of alleged corruption, including ones targeting President Jimmy Morales’ son and brother. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemala pulls diplomatic credentials of UN body’s workers

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