Guatemalan anti-graft judge resigns, blasts manipulation of justice

FILE PHOTO: Miguel Angel Galvez, judge of Guatemala's high-risk court, work at his office on the 14th floor of the towering judicial building in Guatemala City, Guatemala May 12, 2022. Picture taken May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria/File Photo

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A well-known anti-corruption judge in Guatemala resigned on Tuesday after accusing the judiciary of mismanagement, the latest in a string of resignations that critics blame on President Alejandro Giammattei's efforts to consolidate power.

Miguel Angel Galvez, a judge with two dozen years on the bench focused largely on corruption, organized crime and civil war cases, blasted what he described as a lack of judicial independence in a video posted in his Twitter account.