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AQ Top 5 Corruption Busters: Iván Velásquez

By Brian Winter

Few have been as brave in their pursuit of cartels and the corrupt.

This article is adapted from our 1st print issue of 2016. For an overview of our Top 5 Corruption Busters, click here.

Visiting Iván Velásquez's office is like entering an armed fortress. And no wonder.

Even before leading the investigation that caused the resignation and imprisonment of a sitting Guatemalan president, Velásquez was a man under pressure. As the head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), he was charged with...

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