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Ex-Guatemalan leader arrested after US extradition request

AFP Global Edition 14 days ago

Former Guatemalan leader Alfonso Portillo was arrested Tuesday 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 ...

Guatemala arrests ex-president wanted by U.S.

Reuters US Online Report World News 14 days ago

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan police arrested former President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday after the United States requested his extradition to face money- laundering charges. A federal grand jury in New York has indicted Portillo, alleging he embezzled millions of dollars of ...

U.S. court rejects Noriega appeal to bar extradition

Reuters US Online Report World News 15 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for the extradition of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France, where he has been convicted on money laundering charges. The justices let stand a ruling by a federal appeals ...

Top US court snubs Noriega extradition appeal

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

The US Supreme Court refused on Monday to take up an appeal from Panamanian former dictator Manuel Noriega asking it to block his extradition to France where he is wanted on money laundering charges. Noriega, 75, had filed a petition with the ...

Court won't stop Noriega from being sent to France

AP News 15 days ago

Supreme Court won't stop Noriega from being extradited to France The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to stop the U.S. government from sending former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France to face money laundering charges. The high court refused to hear ...

US top court drops Noriega extradition appeal

AFP American Edition 15 days ago

The US Supreme Court Monday refused to take up an appeal from Panamanian former dictator Manuel Noriega asking it to block his extradition to France where he is wanted on money laundering charges. In July Noriega, 75, filed a petition with the ...

Guatemala moves to arrest ex-president on US request

AFP Global Edition 16 days ago

Guatemalan police on Sunday sought to arrest former president Alfonso Portillo after the United States filed an extradition request to have him answer to money-laundering charges, court sources said. Portillo fled to Mexico in 2005 after he lost his immunity from prosecution ...

U.S. seeks extradition of Guatemalan ex-president

Reuters US Online Report World News 16 days ago

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The United States has requested the extradition of former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on money-laundering charges, authorities said on Sunday as they searched for him at several of his properties. Portillo, who also faces corruption charges in Guatemala, ...

Rebel leader accused of genocide lives in Paris

AP News 17 days ago

Rebel leader accused of genocide lives freely in France, sends press releases from apartment A few months ago in Congo, a group of rebels decapitated the chief of the village of Busurungi, tied the village men in a line elbow to elbow ...

'Operation Condor' suspect extradited to Argentina

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

Uruguayan former army officer Manuel Cordero was extradited Saturday to Argentina, where he faces trial for the 1976 disappearance of an Argentine citizen, Brazilian police told AFP. His extradition had been ordered on Tuesday but was postponed as his lawyers argued he ...

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