GUATEMALA CITY: The Public Prosecutor's Office ratcheted up a battle with incoming President-elect Bernardo Arevalo on Thursday, calling on the Supreme Court to strip him of immunity for damages resulting from a 2022 protest at a university.

The action raised uncertainty just two months before Arevalo is to take office and sparked new global condemnation on efforts to halt a democratic transfer of power in the Central American nation.

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