Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías

Guatemalan politician

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Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías is a Guatemalan politician who served as Vice President from 2012 to 2015. She resigned amid allegations of her involvement in a corruption scheme known as "the Line," which involved businesses paying kickbacks to customs officials. Baldetti was later arrested and, in 2022, convicted of illicit association and customs fraud, receiving a 16-year prison sentence. Her resignation and subsequent legal troubles highlighted widespread corruption issues within the Guatemalan government during that period.12

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Guatemala in the 21st century
Roxana Baldetti resigned after it was alleged that her private secretary was the mastermind of the fraud ring, known as “the Line,” but hers was only one of many high-level resignations over the coming months, as tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets…
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Roxana Baldetti resigned after it was alleged that her private secretary was the mastermind of the fraud ring, known as “the Line,” but hers was only one of many high-level resignations over the coming months, as tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets…
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Guatemala
Guatemala in the 21st century
… and his former vice president Roxana Baldetti—who had been forced from office in 2015 as a result of their involvement in “the Line” corruption scandal—were convicted of illicit association and customs fraud in the related legal case and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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… and his former vice president Roxana Baldetti—who had been forced from office in 2015 as a result of their involvement in “the Line” corruption scandal—were convicted of illicit association and customs fraud in the related legal case and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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