Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti handed her resignation to Congress on Friday after being accused of participating in a major corruption scandal. She and 24 other high-ranking civil servants are accused of participating in a large-scale fraud for allegedly receiving bribes in exchange for lowering taxes on imported goods. In recent weeks thousands of citizens have demanded the resignation of Baldetti and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina after an investigation uncovered the US$130 million operation. teleSUR