Arias

Compliance, Anti-money Laundering and Anti-corruption, Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration

Senior Counsel

Mónica has experience in Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law Counseling and Litigation.

She Acted as Assistant District Attorney II in the District Attorney Office against Money Laundering and Other Assets of the General Attorney’s Office, during the years 2014 and 2015, she acquired experienced in Investigation and Litigation in cases regarding the crimes of Money Laundering and Other Assets and related crimes.

During the years 2015 through 2019 she acted as District Attorney of the Special District Attorney’s Office Against Impunity –FECI, for its acronym in Spanish- of the General Attorney’s Office. She was responsible for investigating high impact cases at a National Level. During that time, she investigated mainly crimes included in the Law Against Organized Crime (Decree 21-2006 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala); Law Against Laundering Money and Other Assets (Decree 67-2001 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala); Criminal Code of Guatemala (Decree 17-73 of Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, especially those related to Crime Against the Public Administration and Crimes Against Justice Administration). She was responsible for litigating all cases under her responsibility during all the stages of the criminal process, incidents and constitutional matters related to them while acting as District Attorney.

Spanish and English

International Bar Association (IBA)

Juridical and Social Sciences Degree, Lawyer and Notary by Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.