Guatemala Plunged into Extradition Matter
The arrest warrant against the Guatemalan ex- President Alfonso Portillo still underlies and it is expected that Mexican authorities solve the extradition matter, declared Attorney Carlos Patricio Rodriguez on Wednesday.

"We are only waiting for the judge's judicial opinion and for the solution by Mexico's Foreign Relations Ministry," Rodriguez stated.

Portillo, who remains refugee in Mexico, is accused of committing embezzlement during his term at presidency (2000-2004).

The ex-president is charged of transferring 16 million dollars from the Finances to the Defense Ministry where the money was lost.

In addition, Portillo gave four millions and half to his friend Jose Armando Llort in March 2001.

The ex-dignitary left Guatemala on February 18 2004 after the Constitutional Court deprived him from his immunity as deputy of the Central American Parliament.