Guatemala's top court on Wednesday overturned a decision by President Jimmy Morales to shut down a United Nations anti-corruption mission to the central American country. The constitutional court ordered government authorities to tell staff and civil servants to cooperate with the UN mission.

The court's decision was agreed by four of its five magistrates, with only president Dina Ochoa opposing the move. It is the latest twist in a saga that erupted last year when the UN's International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) made a joint request with the state prosecutor's office to lift Morales's presidential immunity as part of a probe into illegal campaign financing by his FCN-Nacion party.

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