Former President of Guatemala extradited for corruption
The former president of Guatemala has been extradited from Mexico to face corruption charges.
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, accused of fraud and corruption at the end of his term in 2004, was extradited on Tuesday from Mexico to face charges in his home country.
Portillo slipped into Mexico amid a wave of arrests of his former cabinet members after he left office. Guatemala’s attorney general’s office said he diverted $15.7 million, slated for the defense ministry, to his own accounts.
