Thelma Aldana

A judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Guatemala's President Otto Perez, who faces prosecution for allegedly masterminding a huge fraud scheme, a prosecutor said, a day after he was stripped of his immunity.

The head of Guatemala's prison system was arrested on Wednesday on bribery and money-laundering charges linked to a notorious jail-based criminal syndicate, prosecutors said.

A judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Guatemala's President Otto Perez, who faces prosecution for allegedly masterminding a huge fraud scheme, a prosecutor said, a day after he was stripped of his immunity.

The head of Guatemala's prison system was arrested on Wednesday on bribery and money-laundering charges linked to a notorious jail-based criminal syndicate, prosecutors said.