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Former Guatemalan leader pleads guilty in U.S. court
Source: Reuters
Former Guatemalan leader pleads guilty in U.S. court
NEW YORK Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:51am EDT
(Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded guilty to a charge of money-laundering conspiracy in a federal court in New York on Tuesday.
"I'm guilty, your honor," he said through a translator.
U.S. prosecutors had accused Portillo of laundering tens of millions of dollars that they said he embezzled from the Guatemalan government. Portillo was president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
A Guatemalan court cleared him of embezzlement charges in May 2011, but the country's Supreme Court later endorsed an extradition request from the United States.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond; Editing by James Dalgleish)
NEW YORK Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:51am EDT
(Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo pleaded guilty to a charge of money-laundering conspiracy in a federal court in New York on Tuesday.
"I'm guilty, your honor," he said through a translator.
U.S. prosecutors had accused Portillo of laundering tens of millions of dollars that they said he embezzled from the Guatemalan government. Portillo was president of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
A Guatemalan court cleared him of embezzlement charges in May 2011, but the country's Supreme Court later endorsed an extradition request from the United States.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond; Editing by James Dalgleish)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-guatemala-portillo-idUSBREA2H1FI20140318