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Guatemalan Ex-President Colom Detained in Corruption Case

Prosecutors say they have detained former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom in a corruption case.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say they have detained former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom in a corruption case.

Colom governed from 2008 to 2012, and is the latest in a series of former presidents to face legal problems.

The special prosecutor for a case of questionable public bus purchases says Colom was arrested Tuesday.

Prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval says that Colom's former finance and interior ministers were also detained.

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