HACKERS affiliated to the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple Guatemalan government websites on Saturday.

The attacks were in support of demonstrations led by indigenous organisations in the Central American country.

For almost two weeks, demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras, saying she has tried to undermine the popular vote that made progressive Bernardo Arevalo the president-elect.

The group announced the attack on Twitter and hackers targeted government webpages with floods of automated traffic until they crashed — a technique known as distributed denial-of-service attacks.

Pages for Guatemala’s judicial branch, the Department of Agriculture and the general secretary of the president were targeted, among others, though some pages were quickly reinstated.

The authorities said the hacking was a matter of national security and they are responding.

The attacks come after 13 days of protests and road closures. Thousands of indigenous people have demanded that Ms Porras and prosecutors Rafael Curruchiche and Cinthia Monterroso, as well as Judge Fredy Orellana, all resign, accusing them of endangering the country’s democracy.

Demonstrators maintain that after Mr Arevalo’s victory in the August elction run-off, Ms Porras mounted an undemocratic challenge against him, his left-wing Seed Movement party and electoral authorities.

A representative of Anonymous involved in the cyber attack said: “Everything we do is to support humanity and, now in Guatemala, in support of the people who are in the streets, fighting against corruption and impunity.”

On Saturday morning, Miguel Martinez, former official and friend of current President Alejandro Giammattei, was surrounded by protesters as security guards escorted him from a mass in the town of Antigua Guatemala.

In footage posted on social media, the crowd appeared to be accusing Mr Martinez of corruption. He is not currently known to be under investigation by the prosecutor’s office.