Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case

A Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country's conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only a little bit less than death".

Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017.