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Article: Panamanian anti-drug prosecutors investigate Guatemalan president's alleged illicit bank accounts
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- April 23, 2003
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Dateline: PANAMA CITY, Panama
Anti-drug prosecutors are investigating Panamanian bank accounts,
hunting for illicit funds Guatemala's president may have deposited
there, a top-ranking government official said Wednesday.
Last year, a Guatemalan legislative commission determined there was
enough evidence from witnesses and documents to support allegations
that President Alfonso Portillo, Vice President Francisco Reyes and
other state officials opened suspicious bank accounts and businesses
in Panama to embezzle state funds.
A source in Panama's attorney general's office ...