Guatemala's government appears to defy constitutional court ruling on UN-backed body

Guatemala's government, appearing to defy an order by a top court, said on Monday it would not permit the leader of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body to return to the country, prompting opponents to warn of a constitutional crisis. Guatemala's Constitutional Court on Sunday ordered the government to lift the ban put in place by President Jimmy Morales last month after he said he would not renew the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Speaking to reporters on Monday, a government minister said CICIG head Ivan Velasquez, an investigator whose work helped bring down and imprison a previous Guatemalan president and has put pressure on Morales, would not be allowed to set foot in the country.
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