Ligia Iveth Hernández Gómez (born 26 September 1981) is a
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
n attorney and politician.
A founding member of
Semilla party, she was member of the
Congress of Guatemala
The Congress of the Republic () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 160 deputies who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. The electoral system is cl ...
for
Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City, its suburbs and other municipalities.
The department covers a ...
district from 2020 to 2024, having been elected in
2019 general election.
After differences within her party, she did not run for re-election in the
2023 general election, although she has participated in the electoral campaign and is part of the party's legal team.
Ligia Iveth Hernández Gómez was arrested on August 15, 2024, becoming the first official of Bernardo Arévalo's government to be detained on corruption charges. Despite the allegations, Hernández maintains her innocence and denies any involvement in illicit activities. Her arrest has sparked a significant support campaign that has emerged organically, mobilizing citizens and organizations that stand by her integrity and her record as a public servant. This wave of solidarity has been channeled through the website #LibertadParaLigia (https://libertadparaligia.com/), which advocates for her release and highlights the irregularities in her legal process.
References
1981 births
Living people
Politicians from Guatemala City
Guatemalan activists
21st-century Guatemalan lawyers
Guatemalan women activists
Members of the Congress of Guatemala
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala alumni
21st-century Guatemalan women politicians
21st-century Guatemalan politicians
Movimiento Semilla politicians
Guatemalan feminists
Guatemalan women lawyers
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