US seeks extradition of ex-Guatemala vice-president

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Globe and Mail

GUATEMALA CITY — The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, Jun. 07, 2017 9:46PM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 07, 2017 9:50PM EDT





Guatemala's foreign ministry said late Wednesday that the United States formally requested the extradition of former Vice-President Roxana Baldetti on drug trafficking charges.

Baldetti was indicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in February. The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala said then that the U.S. would seek her extradition. Baldetti has denied the charges.

The foreign ministry said the extradition request would be forwarded to the court handling Baldetti's case.

According to the indictment, Baldetti and others conspired to import cocaine to the U.S. between 2010 and 2015.

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[FairWinds]

1. For decades, the USG actively supported . .

some of the world's most vicious genocidal monsters in Guatemala.

It began with the 1954 overthrow (by the CIA) of that
country's young democracy, and lasted all the way through
the 1990's at least.

Hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans were slaughtered.

Do not forget.

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