May 6 (UPI) -- Consuelo Porras, Guatemala's attorney general, will leave office May 17 after years of confrontation with President Bernardo Arévalo.
Porras is ending an eight-year term that began in 2018 under sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and more than 40 countries that accused her of corruption and undermining democracy by attempting to interfere with the results of Guatemala's 2023 presidential election.
The relationship between Porras and Arévalo was marked by open confrontation and institutional hostility since the president's electoral victory in 2023.
Arévalo repeatedly accused Porras of leading an "attempted coup" through judicial investigations aimed at dismantling Semilla, the political party that brought him to power, and blocking his inauguration. Porras defended her actions as enforcement of the law.
After taking office, Arévalo sought to remove her through legal reforms and public meetings that she refused to attend, deepening a political crisis in which the executive branch and the Public Ministry operated as opposing forces until the end of her tenure.
