Guatemala ex-president extradited to US: Lawyer

Guatemala today extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the US to face money laundering charges.

"Farewell, people of Guatemala," the former president said as he boarded a flight at a Guatemalan military air force base, an AFP reporter on the scene witnessed.

Portillo, who had been fighting extradition, earlier today "received a letter ordering him" to the military base, so that he could be extradited to the US, his attorney Mauricio Berreondo told AFP.