Guatemala's ex-president Alvaro Colom dies at 71
Guatemala City (AFP) - Guatemala's ex-president Alvaro Colom, who was named in a US list of Central American officials accused of corruption, died on Monday at the age of 71, one of his former ministers said. Colom's cause of death has not been specified but he was undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. "President Alvaro Colom has passed away. I regret his passing and join in prayer for his eternal rest," former interior minister Carlos Menocal said on Twitter. "Working and learning alongside him has been a privilege. I understood and got to know Guatemala thanks to him. A just man, who d...