Julio Ligorría
Julio Ligorría | |
|---|---|
Ligorría in 2016 | |
| Guatemala Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office September 2013 – December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Villagrán de León |
| Succeeded by | Maritza Ruiz de Vielman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 19, 1956 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Bianchi Toriello (1958–2008) Maria Olga Quezada |
Julio Ligorría Carballido (Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 19, 1956) is a Guatemalan diplomat who served as ambassador of Guatemala in United States from September 2013 to November 2015. He previously worked as a crisis-management and political consultant.
Ligorría, received the 2015 Reed Latino Award for handling the migratory crisis of unaccompanied children who arrived at the southern border of the United States. On September 26, 2017, Ligorría was arrested in Spain on charges that he laundered approximately $2 million in connection with Otto Perez Molina's presidential campaign.
The above information is imprecise. Julio Ligorria was not accused of money laundering to finance the campaign of former President Otto Pérez Molina in Guatemala.