Guatemala: Ex President Portillo Sentenced to Five Years in Jail · Global Voices
Gabriela García Calderón Orbe

With a historic rule by a federal court in New York on May 22, 2014, former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was sentenced to five years and 10 months in jail for money laundering and taking bribes from Taiwan.
RT @Luisvela_pl: VIDEO: Alfonso Portillo recibe pena de cinco años y diez meses de prisión | http://t.co/Dnc28otpNV | pic.twitter.com/PARsIvUZgJ
— Prensa Libre (@prensa_libre) Mayo 22, 2014
VIDEO: Alfonso Portillo gets verdict of five year and ten months of prison.
With this verdict, Portillo becomes the first former Latin American ruler to be condemned and jailed in the United States.