Guatemala
“If I return, I know they will kill me.”
The murder rate per capita there is among the highest in the world.
With tales of his humble origins and jokes from a 14-year stint on a sketch comedy show, the 46-year-old Jimmy Morales connected with voters fed up with corruption.
Former Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz said "homicidal violence" is forcing Guatemalans to flee.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"We've found entire families," said a disaster agency official.
The country is still reeling form a corruption case which jailed their former leader.
A judge is weighing charging him in a corruption scandal that plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election.