by at least one security guard on request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights . Her 26-year-old son is also shadowed by a security guard ; a precautionary move in response to earlier threats connected to De León 's anti-corruption efforts . `` The fight against corruption does n't give you friends , '' she said . '' -LSB- It -RSB- gives you enemies , important and dangerous enemies , '' she told CNN during a recent trip to London for a performance of the play `` Seven , '' which profiles De León and six other international female leaders . Read more about `` Seven . '' After 22 years of speaking out against corruption , first as a lawyer and then as a congresswoman , De León says she remains fearful given the legacy of violence and instability in Guatemala . De León noted that the country had recently been shaken by one killing in particular . On May 10 , a high-profile lawyer was shot dead while cycling in Guatemala City . Rodrigo Rosenberg 's killing might not have made headlines had he not recorded a video message just four days earlier . `` If you
LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was Anabella De León 's frail 86-year-old mother who answered the door when the men came knocking . `` They told her , ` say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon , ' '' De León told CNN . The visit left her mother crying , anxious and shocked . Congresswoman Anabella de Leon with her husband in London for a performance of `` Seven '' by Vital Voices . That was four months ago . No attempt on her life has been made , De León said , but she still looks over her shoulder , takes alternative routes in her car , constantly checking that she 's not being followed . Anabella De León is not well known outside Guatemala . Within the Central American country though , she has made headlines as an outspoken critic of corruption . She 's serving her fourth term in Congress as a member of the Patriotic Party , which last weekend elected her to one of its top posts of Third National Secretary . The death threats are not new . Since 2002 , she 's been protected