President of Guatemala's Constitutional Court Jose Francisco de Mata Vela speaks during a news conference to announce their decision to stop the expulsion of Ivan Velasquez, head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's top court on Tuesday ruled definitively against President Jimmy Morales' internationally criticized push to expel the head of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption unit probing his campaign financing.
The decision by the Constitutional Court ratifies a provisional ruling that the government could not expel Ivan Velasquez, a veteran Colombian prosecutor who leads Guatemala's International Commission against Impunity, known as CICIG.
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