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A court filing said the prisoner was at risk for abuse and might not be able to get adequate health care if transferred.

The Norwegian man was arrested this week in Oslo and ordered jailed pending further investigation in what the authorities called a ‘very serious case.’

The defense minister had led an anticorruption task force in Guatemala for several years. The authorities also announced arrest warrants against former investigators for the group.

The election in the Central American nation is marked by the exclusion of top candidates and calls to crack down on violent crime.

Guatemala’s first round of elections on Sunday is as much about who’s not on the ballot as who is, after courts barred leading candidates from running.

Can an intellectual on an anti-graft crusade win the presidency in a nation sliding toward authoritarianism? Guatemala is about to find out.

A former first lady and an anticorruption candidate are on the ballot in a runoff contest.

On Monday, elPeriodico, an investigative daily in Guatemala, published its final edition after more than 26 years. Its executive editor is in jail and some of its reporters are in exile.

For hours, it was unclear whether Bernardo Arévalo, an anticorruption crusader, would take office at all, as lawmakers delayed the transfer of power.

Lawmakers opposed to Bernardo Arévalo, the antigraft crusader who won the presidency in a landslide, held up his swearing-in, fueling confusion around the country.