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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo waves as he arrives at the venue on the last day of the UN summit on financing development, in Monterrey in this March 22, 2002 file photo. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo waves as he arrives at the venue on the last day of the UN summit on financing development, in Monterrey in this March 22, 2002 file photo.

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GUATEMALA CITY | Sun Jan 24, 2010 12:03pm EST

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The United States has requested the extradition of former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on money-laundering charges, authorities said on Sunday as they searched for him at several of his properties.

Portillo, who also faces corruption charges in Guatemala, was not at any of the locations searched by police, the government said.

"The (extradition) request was approved by a court in Guatemala on Friday," Interior Ministry spokesman Nery Morales told Reuters. "We are still looking for him."

Portillo won office in 2000 promising to redistribute wealth, but fled the country shortly after his four-year presidential term ended in 2004 and spent the next four years in Mexico.

He was extradited from Mexico to Guatemala in 2008 to face charges he embezzled millions of dollars of public money during his presidency.

(Reporting by Sarah Grainger; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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