Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country’s former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had ordered.<\/p>\n
Police arrested Napol\u00e9on Barrientos at his home, leading him out in handcuffs and a bulletproof vest. Barrientos told reporters he didn\u2019t know why he was being arrested.<\/p>\n
GUATEMALA’S FORMER PRESIDENT RELEASED ON BOND; LEAVES PRISON FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n The Attorney General\u2019s Office said in a message to the press that Barrientos hadn\u2019t complied with a court order to maintain public order.<\/p>\n Former Guatemalan Interior Minister Napol\u00e9on Barrientos is escorted by police while awaiting a court hearing in Guatemala City, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.<\/span> (AP Photo\/Moises Castillo)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Barrientos resigned in October, after weeks of nationwide protests aimed at forcing the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras. The protests were in response to Porras\u2019 persecution of President-elect Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, his party and electoral officials.<\/p>\n The retired brigadier general had said publicly that he preferred to seek dialogue with the protesters. Porras had called for the immediate removal of roadblocks, with force if necessary. Hours before Barrientos resigned, she had called for him to be fired for not following a court order to clear them.<\/p>\n The stunning turn of events for a former cabinet minister comes just days before Ar\u00e9valo is scheduled to be sworn in as Guatemala\u2019s next president.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n Porras\u2019 office has a number of open investigations against Ar\u00e9valo and his party that outside observers have criticized as politically motivated.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country’s former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had ordered. Police arrested Napol\u00e9on Barrientos at his home, leading him out in handcuffs and a bulletproof vest. Barrientos told …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Napol\u00e9on](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1200\/675\/napoleon_barrientos.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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