A courtroom sketch shows former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo as he appears in Manhattan Federal Court in New York May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday admitted to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan in exchange for continuing to recognize the country diplomatically.
Portillo, 62, pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York to a charge of money laundering conspiracy, nearly year after he was extradited from his home country to face a U.S. indictment unveiled in 2010.
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