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Ex-President Alfonso Portillo arrested on charges of laundering money meant to buy children's books
January 26, 2010 - 6:10pm — Anonymous Patron (not verified)
Police captured fugitive former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo in the northern part of the country on Tuesday, a day after U.S. prosecutors indicted him on charges of laundering money stolen from foreign donations meant to buy children's library books. NPR
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Alfonso Portillo
I am glad he was arrested. I think he should get a lesson from someone. That was wrong of him. I am 11 years old.