Former vice president of Guatemala indicted in US

guatemala - The United States has the former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti and former Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla sued for drug smuggling. The US Embassy announced this Friday that, according to the Guatemalan newspaper La Prensa Libre.

Baldetti and Bonilla were involved in the transit of cocaine to the US Washington wants Guatemala extradite two former ministers.

Baldetti had to resign in May 2015 as vice president because of another matter. Her personal secretary was probably one of the driving forces behind a corruption network. In intercepted telephone conversations Baldetti was linked to the network. That would come in exchange for kickbacks have enabled lower import tariffs.