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Roanoke Valley native McAfee reportedly has heart attack while in custody in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Software guru John McAfee, who is fighting deportation to Belize, was rushed to the hospital in Guatemala on Thursday after his lawyer said he suffered two mild heart attacks earlier in the day. Reporters saw McAfee carried out...
Tags: Heart Attack, Belize, McAfee, Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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UPDATE: Roanoke Valley native McAfee formally requests asylum in Guatemala
Software company founder John McAfee tells The Associated Press he has formally requested asylum in Guatemala, claiming he is the victim of persecution in neighboring Belize. The U.S. citizen had a series of clashes with neighbors and authorities over...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Email, Business Enterprises, Belize, Murder
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High-paying web company moving to Danville
A new high-paying employer is moving to Danville. Web Parts will move its computer programming and data center to the city from Guatamala. The operation will start with just ten positions, but the company expects to grow to more than 250 in a few years....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Software Industry, Technology, Science, Sales
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Bedford County teen working to bring clean water to Guatemala
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefClean water was something Hunter Smith used to take for granted. "Being here in the United States, I've got clean water in the sink," said Smith. "Basically anywhere, I can get water anytime." Smith's attitude changed last summer, following a...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Hunter Smith, Bedford County (Virginia)
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Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money-laundering charges
ReutersGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money-laundering charges, just days after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's genocide conviction was overturned. A U.S. grand...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hate Crimes, Embezzlement, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime
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Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
MEXICO CITY — Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Friday from his home country to the United States, where he faces long-standing charges that he used U.S. banks to launder millions of dollars in public funds that he...
Tags: Mexico, Embezzlement, Corporate Crime, U.S. Embassy, International Law
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Extraditan a EEUU ex presidente Guatemala Portillo acusado lavado dinero
ReutersCIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (Reuters) - El ex presidente de Guatemala Alfonso Portillo fue extraditado sorpresivamente el viernes a Estados Unidos por cargos de conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero, informaron sus abogados y la embajada del paÃs... -
Ex presidente Portillo de Guatemala, extraditado a Estados Unidos
ReutersCIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, 24 mayo (Reuters) - El ex presidente de Guatemala Alfonso Portillo fue extraditado el viernes a Estados Unidos por cargos de conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero, informó la embajada del paÃs norteamericano en Ciudad de... -
Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money laundering charges
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 24 (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the U.S. embassy in Guatemala said. A U.S. grand jury decided in 2009 that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Embezzlement, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Lawyers
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ACTUALIZA 1-Extraditan a EEUU ex presidente Guatemala Portillo acusado lavado dinero
Reuters(Actualiza con más información y citas) CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, 24 mayo (Reuters) - El ex presidente de Guatemala Alfonso Portillo fue extraditado sorpresivamente el viernes a Estados Unidos por cargos de conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero,... -
OAS report breaks ground on marijuana
Latin American presidents who support decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued a report that considers that option as one of several policies that might help...Tags: Mexico, Colombia, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, United Nations
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Corte de Guatemala anula sentencia por genocidio contra RÃos Montt
ReutersCIUDAD DE GUATEMALA (Reuters) - La Corte de Constitucionalidad de Guatemala anuló el lunes la sentencia por genocidio emitida contra el ex dictador EfraÃn RÃos Montt en un histórico juicio sobre su papel en las masacres de indÃgenas ocurridas durante...
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