Guatemalan government official sanctioned by State Department discusses conspiracy theories on white nationalist Stew Pe

Guatemalan government official sanctioned by State Department discusses conspiracy theories on white nationalist Stew Peters' podcast

Written by Alex Kaplan

Published 12/12/24 12:27 PM EST

Ángel Pineda, Guatemala’s secretary general of the public ministry, appeared on the podcast of white nationalist Stew Peters to discuss what Peters described as “the largest child sex trafficking ring on planet Earth,” which the host said the “United States government and officials inside of the United States government are operating” in order to bring Guatemalans to America.

Pineda is a leader of Guatemala’s prosecutor’s office. The U.S. State Department and the European Union have sanctioned him for “obstruct[ing] investigations into acts of corruption by interfering in anticorruption probes” and for being “responsible for, engaging in, providing support to, or benefitting from, actions that undermine democracy, the rule of law or the peaceful transfer of power in Guatemala,” respectively.

Peters is a white nationalist who has pushed the racist “great replacement” theory, claiming that there is a “white replacement operation taking place in America” and that “Jews control Media”; promoted Holocaust denial; and called Adolf Hitler a “hero.” He has also spread a variety of conspiracy theories, including those related to Pizzagate, QAnon, and COVID-19.

While introducing Pineda, Peters lauded him for having “stood up to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society” as well as Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom Peters referred to as “Anthony ‘the Jew’ Blinken” and “Alejandro ‘the Jew’ Mayorkas.”

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, a nonprofit that helps refugees, was cited by the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooter as justification for his mass slaughter.

More:
https://www.mediamatters.org/stew-peters/guatemalan-government-official-sanctioned-state-department-discusses-conspiracy