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Corruption scandal ousts Guatemalan vice president

Guatemala's once-powerful vice president formally lost her post on Saturday as the congress accepted her resignation, leaving office amid a customs graft scandal that has implicated her former private secretary.

In a letter released late Friday, Roxana Baldetti said the move means she is giving up her immunity from possible prosecution and promised "to collaborate with all investigations" into the graft scheme. She has denied any involvement in the alleged bribery.

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