Roxana Baldetti

Roxana Baldetti
Official portrait, 2012
13th Vice President of Guatemala
In office
January 14, 2012 – May 9, 2015[1]
PresidentOtto Pérez Molina
Preceded byRafael Espada
Succeeded byAlejandro Maldonado
Deputy in the Congress of Guatemala
In office
January 14, 2008 – March 14, 2011
Second General Secretary of the Patriotic Party
In office
January 20, 2009 – September 14, 2014
Preceded byOtto Pérez Molina
Succeeded byValentín Gramajo
Personal details
Born
Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías

(1962-05-13) May 13, 1962 (age 62)
Guatemala City Guatemala
Political partyPatriotic Party
SpouseMariano Paz
ChildrenLuis Pedro Paz Baldetti
Mario Paz Baldetti
ResidenceGuatemala City
Alma materUniversidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
WebsiteOfficial website (2010 archive)

Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías (born May 13, 1962)[2][3] is a Guatemalan politician who served as the first female Vice President of Guatemala from 2012 until her resignation amid a corruption scandal in 2015.[4][1][5] In 2018, she was sentenced to 15½ years in prison for illicit association, fraud, and influence peddling,[6][3][1][7] and to 16 years in 2022 for illicit association and customs fraud for her part in the La Linea corruption ring.[6][8]

  1. ^ a b c Juárez, Tulio (2015-05-08). "¡Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías renuncia de la vicepresidencia!" [Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elías resigns from the vice presidency!]. El Periódico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  2. ^ Pitán, Edwin (2016-05-13). "Roxana Baldetti pasa su primer cumpleaños en la cárcel" [Roxana Baldetti spends her first birthday in prison] (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ a b "Former vice president Ingrid Roxana Baldetti and nine other people were sentenced for Lake Amatitlán case". International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ^ "Baldetti, First Woman to Be Vice President in Guatemala". Prensa Latina News Agency. Retrieved 2012-01-13.[dead link]
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  8. ^ Pérez Marroquín, César; Pitán, Edwin; Solórzano, Sara (2022-12-07). "Condenan a 16 años de cárcel por dos delitos a Otto Pérez Molina y Roxana Baldetti y les imponen multa de Q8 millones en caso La Línea" [Otto Pérez Molina and Roxana Baldetti are sentenced to 16 years in prison for two crimes and fined Q8 million in the La Línea case] (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Retrieved 2023-11-29.