Another son of ex-Panama president pleads guilty to U.S. money laundering charge

FILE PHOTO: Ricardo Alberto Martinelli, son of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, sits in a car after a hearing where he accepted extradition to the U.S. on money laundering charges, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A son of the former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a U.S. money laundering charge linked to Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, becoming the second of his children to admit wrongdoing.

Ricardo Martinelli, 42, who shares the same name as his father, entered his plea in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, after being extradited to the United States from Guatemala on Friday, prosecutors said.