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Millicom unit engaged in 'widespread' bribery in Guatemala, US alleges

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( November 13, 2025, 14:00 GMT | Comment) -- Comunicaciones Celulares, the Millicom subsidiary that did business as TIGO Guatemala, reached a deferred prosecution agreement with US authorities and agreed to a $118 million penalty. The agreement, unsealed Wednesday in Miami federal court, included a statement of facts that detailed what the government called a “widespread and systematic” bribery scheme involving monthly cash payments to “numerous Guatemalan lawmakers” in exchange for their support for legislation that benefited the company.In mid-2012, Asisclo Valladares Urruela, the then-head of legal at a Guatemalan subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular, received regular deliveries of cash by helicopter, according to a US court document unsealed Wednesday....

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