Topic: Alfonso Portillo

Guatemala president moves to extradite former leader

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo will be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges, the country's president said Tuesday.A U.S. grand jury decided two years ago that the president who ruled from 2000 ...

Guatemala to extradite former leader to U.S

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo will be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges, the country's president said on Tuesday.A U.S. grand jury decided two years ago that the president who ruled from ...

Ex-Guatemala president fights extradition to U.S

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded with a U.S. judge on Wednesday to block his extradition to the United States on money-laundering charges, saying he was improperly arrested in the Central American nation.U.S. District ...

Graft trial starts for former Guatemala leader

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The embezzlement trial of former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, accused of stealing millions of dollars of public funds and wanted in the United States, began Friday in a Guatemalan court.Portillo, who led the poor Central American nation from ...

Guatemala Year In Review 1995

A republic of Central America, Guatemala has coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Alvaro Arzu, candidate of the conservative National Advancement Party and former mayor of Guatemala City, finished first with about 42% of the votes, nearly twice as ...
<div><p>A Guatemalan criminal court authorized the extradition of ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the United States, where he faces money laundering charges.</p><p>"This court finds the US government's extradition request against Alfonso Portillo, accused of crimes of conspiracy ...
Guatemala moves closer to extraditing former president to US to face money laundering charges Guatemala is a step closer to extraditing former President Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face money laundering charges.The OK was needed under terms of Mexico ...
Jailed Guatemala ex-President Alfonso Portillo hospitalized with respiratory problems The Guatemalan government says jailed former President Alfonso Portillo has been taken to a military hospital after developing respiratory problems.Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says the 58-year-old Portillo is under observation because he ...

Ex-Guatemalan leader arrested after US request

Former Guatemalan leader Alfonso Portillo was arrested following a US extradition request related to charges of money-laundering during his 2000-2004 presidency, officials said.Two days after police searched for him at two homes in Guatemala City, Portillo, 58, was tracked down at ...
Police arrest former Guatemalan president wanted in US on money laundering chargesPolice captured ex-President Alfonso Portillo at a beach preparing to flee Guatemala by boat Tuesday, a day after U.S. authorities charged him with laundering money stolen from foreign donations to ...