Guatemala: 2 children ex-president Panama Martinelli arrested

(ANSA) - CITY OF GUATEMALA, JULY 7 - The Guatemala police arrested Ricardo Alberto and Luis EnriqueMartinelli Linares yesterday, sons of the former President of Panama, RicardoMartinelli, in the context of a request for arrest for extradition for the charge of recycling presented to Interpoldagli United States. The newspaper La Prensa diCittà di Panama writes today.
    In a statement, the Guatemalan police confirmed the arrest of the two at La Aurora airport, shortly before they boarded a humanitarian flight presumably bound for ElSalvador, adding that the detainees have already been presented to the judiciary which will have to decide whether or not to access the request for extradition.
    Police spokesman Edwin Monroy added that "Ricardo Alberto, 40, and Luis Enrique, 38, at the time of identification exhibited passports that accredited them as members of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) which is based in Guatemala, and have made sure you have dual Italian and Panamanian nationality. "
    The two sons of the former head of state of Panama have resided in the United States for the past five years. In 2018, the U.S. migratory authorities arrested them indicating that, although their entry into the US was legal, they no longer had a valid visa.
    For 15 days, they were held in detention in a facility used for illegal migration in the Florida Everglades region, which each managed to leave by paying a million-dollar bail. (ANSA).