Guatemala leader of divorce discontinued

April 2, 2011 was last updated on 16 : 41 ET Sandra Torres said she would divorce her husband for the love of her country a court in Guatemala has ordered a halt on the divorce proceedings of the first pair of the country.

First Lady Sandra Torres said last week that she was looking divorce President Alvaro Colom, so they could stand for election to succeed him.

Guatemala the Constitution bans close relatives of the President is running for the top Office.

A group of students had petitioned the Court to stop the divorce, which she said that the Constitution would skip it.

The students called the move by the first few a farce.

Last week, told Ms Torres Guatemalans that she was leaving a loving marriage for the sake of the nation.

Death threats

The decision of the first few to search a divorce is controversial, with opposition politicians and the Catholic Church has been highly critical.

The main opposition candidate for the presidential elections in September, former General Otto Perez Molina, called it fraud in the elections.

A spokesman for the Court said that the couple would divorce proceedings on hold until a final decision was reached on whether the petition brought by the students would be allowed to continue.

On Friday, said the judge of the first few treats that they divorce case anonymous threats warning her not to grant the divorce had received.

Judge Mildred Roca said she got a call from a man who identified himself as belonging to a "group to defend the Constitution" and its warning that if they granted the divorce is a member of her family would be implemented.

Judge Roca de security detail has increased since the news of the threats emerge and runs an investigation to determine their source.

Sandra Torres is Mr Colom third wife and is already a divorcee. They have been married for eight years.

She played a prominent role in the Presidency Alvaro Colom, the supervision of the Government of poverty relief programs.

When she heard the news of the divorce last week, said Ms Torres confirmed the decision, that the first few to live apart, forcing will be "very difficult".

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