TEGUCIGALPA/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan presidential hopeful known for taking on high-profile corruption cases as attorney general said on Thursday she was detained at an airport in Honduras before abruptly leaving the country shortly afterward.
Thelma Aldana, Guatemala's former chief prosecutor, is among the front-runners in next month's election but faces an arrest warrant back home that she dismisses as the work of her political opponents.
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