Former Salvadorean President Francisco Flores is facing similar allegations in his home country. Guatemala profile. Healing Guatemala's civil war scars. Image source, AP. Portillo addressed the United Nations General Assembly in Death squad chief faces trial after 20 years. Image source, Reuters. Supporters of the former president took part in a demonstration in Guatemala City.
Taiwan recognition. Addressing the court in Spanish, Portillo said he could not justify his crimes, but asked for another opportunity. Her work has been published in a wide range of local and international publications. Follow her on Twitter: ReynoldsLouisa.
Search for:. Like what you've read? Subscribe to AQ for more. Friends and family of Portillo who flew to the United States from Guatemala and Mexico attended the more than four-hour sentencing hearing, where they heard Portillo apologize for his crime.
Then he described what he believed were his achievements as Guatemala's president, saying he cleaned up its financial system, reformed taxes, extended rights to unions, increased teacher salaries and boosted education so that more than one million people in a country of roughly 13 million could gain literacy.
Earlier, Fee had called Portillo a "poor candidate for this court's mercy", saying it was difficult to overstate the seriousness of the crime because it was carried out by Portillo while he was president. The prosecutor said the bribes also threatened the integrity of US banks because Portillo laundered the money through US financial institutions, making them "a vehicle for moving bad money".
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