http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/26/guatemala.ex.president/index.html?iref=allsearch


(CNN) -- Ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, facing money-laundering charges in the U.S., was captured Tuesday on a farm on the Guatemalan coast, that country's attorney general said.

Portillo, who also faces charges in Guatemala and was out on bond at the time of the announcement of his U.S. indictment, was arrested after authorities were tipped to his location, said Amilcar Velasquez.

This is a groundbreaking case in Guatemalan history. One of the most corrupt president's in our nation's long history of corrupt governments has been captured. Unfortunately the justice he will face is the US's, as our own nation has not been able to bring him to justice. On the other hand, if the case succeeds and Portillo does time, we will have set an important precedent and maybe, just maybe, this could be the beginning of a new life to our weak justice system.