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Guatemala ex-president extradited to US: Lawyer

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AFP Guatemala City
Last Updated : May 25 2013 | 12:11 AM IST
Guatemala today extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the US to face money laundering charges.
"Farewell, people of Guatemala," the former president said as he boarded a flight at a Guatemalan military air force base, an AFP reporter on the scene witnessed.
Portillo, who had been fighting extradition, earlier today "received a letter ordering him" to the military base, so that he could be extradited to the US, his attorney Mauricio Berreondo told AFP.

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First Published: May 25 2013 | 12:11 AM IST

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