GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, after becoming embroiled in a corruption scandal that has gutted his government and plunged the country into chaos just days before a national election.
Thousands of protesters had flooded the streets of the capital, Guatemala City, and other cities in recent weeks calling for Perez, a 64-year-old retired general, to quit.
The letter of resignation was signed late on Wednesday and sent to the country's Congress, presidential spokesman Jorge Ortega said.
(Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Louise Ireland)
