Former Guatemala President May Avoid Extradition
The final decision over the extradition to Guatemala of former president Alfonso Portillo for embezzling funds, is in hands of the Mexican Executive.

The last week, Mexican Judge Judith Sanchez ruled that there are not enough evidence against Portillo and suggested the Foreign Affairs Ministry to abandon such process.

However, Guatemalan Attorney General Juan Luis Florido did not recognize the decision as neither Mexican courts nor its chancellery officially notified it.

For Florido, as the measure lacks compulsory link and the government of the Aztec nation cannot obey it, the process continues open.

Guatemalan courts issued an arrest warrant against Portillo in June 2005 because of the anomalous transfer to the Defense Ministry of $16 million, from which at $4 million were sent to accounts of his friends.