OTTO PEREZ MOLINA

Guatemalan officials say they're trying to arrest a former anti-corruption prosecutor whose ouster led the U.S. to reduce cooperation with the Central American nation’s legal system.

But this weekend, as Guatemalans head back to the ballot box to choose the successor to the termed-out Morales, the mood among voters is downright bleak. AdvertisementInstead of fighting corruption, Morales has dismantled the United Nations-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, known as the CICIG. Many believe the presidential election was flawed from the start, when several popular leading candidates were disqualified by electoral officials. She was recently accused by the anti-corruption commission of receiving $2.5 million in illicit campaign contributions for her unsuccessful 2015 presidential bid. A recent increase in emigration from Guatemala is proof that government corruption has direct consequences for countries such as the United States, she said.