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AFP News Briefs ListMexico extradites ex-Guatemalan president: official
Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo has been extradited from Mexico to Guatemala where he faces corruption charges, an official from the attorney general's office told AFP Tuesday.
"Yes, he was extradited to Guatemala," the Mexican official said, requesting anonymity, adding a statement would be released shortly.
Portillo took refuge in Mexico at the end of his four-year presidential term in 2004, after he lost parliamentary immunity from prosecution.
Mexico ordered Portillo extradited in 2006, but he appealed to Mexico's Supreme Court that it was unconstitutional to extradite him. The court ruled against him in January.
Portillo is accused of authorizing some 15 million dollars in transfers to Guatemala's Defense Department, where officials close to him allegedly took part of the money.
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Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo, pictured in 2003, has been extradited from Mexico to Guatemala where he faces corruption charges, an official from the attorney general's office told AFP Tuesday.
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