Guatemala City, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Guatemalan judge ordered provisional jail time for former President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, who resigned earlier on Thursday.   

Judge Miguel Angel Gálvez sent the former president to jail on Thursday and said he will be transferred to the barracks of Matamoro, located in the capital.  He announced the court case against Perez Molina would continue on Friday.     

At the first hearing, the court listened to 15 wiretaps, including one linked directly to Perez Molina, who had allegedly ordered the creation of four bank accounts to holds funds diverted by customs service.        
       
After the first hearing early Thursday, Perez Molina said he will defend his case and will not flee the country.      

The Guatemalan Congress accepted Perez Molina’s resignation as president of the country with 116 votes in favor.       

Prosecutors accuse the president of masterminding a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from a customs service as part of a fraud ring.  The allegations against Perez Molina were made by influential sectors in Guatemala, including the office of human rights, the agricultural, rural, industrial, and financial committees, the Peasant Unity Committee, the Catholic and Evangelical churches and members of civil organizations.