Guatemalan election is headed for runoff
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Jun 18, 2019
3 minutes
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala's presidential election appeared headed for a runoff between a former first lady and a former prisons chief after none of the 19 candidates won a majority of votes in Sunday's balloting.
With 98% of the ballots counted, the country's electoral tribunal reported Monday that former first lady and businesswoman Sandra Torres was leading with 25.7% of the vote. Alejandro Giammattei, a doctor who once ran the country's penitentiary system,
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