https://abcn.ws/2vlEMCL The son of a Guatemalan presidential candidate facing drugs and weapons charges in the U.S. said Thursday his father is innocent and is asking lawmakers in the Central American country for an investigation. Mario Alejandro Estrada Ruano is head of government for the Jalapa department of Guatemala and the son of Mario Estrada Orellana, who was arrested April 17 in Miami. He said in a statement that the family has doubts about the accusations against the elder Estrada, who allegedly has ties to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Estrada is also accused of illicit electoral financing, plotting to kill political rivals and offering to help drug traffickers. Watch Now Rush from Mexico to US as Trump threatens to close border One-on-one with El Paso Mayor Dee Margo on possible border closure Guatemala's former top prosecutor and presidential candidate Thelma Aldana said in an interview published Thursday by the newspaper Prensa Libre that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had warned her that Estrada was planning to have her killed. A request for confirmation was made to the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, but there was not an immediate response. Aldana, candidate for the Seed Movement party, is in El Salvador because of charges against her in Guatemala that she says are politically motivated. Aldana worked closely with the United Nation's anti-corruption commission in Guatemala to prosecute some of the country's most powerful figures, including then-President Otto Perez Molina and most of his Cabinet on corruption charges On Wednesday, Guatemala's electoral court annulled Estrada's candidacy citing the "notorious" revelations. Estrada Ruano said Thursday the ruling wouldn't be challenged "although we do not agree."
https://ift.tt/2BVSIXZ Striding past the glistening rows of duty-free liquor, watches and perfume, the two international travellers moved like men who could fight. Richard ''Gelly'' Gelemanovic had broad shoulders and a confident gait, while his companion, convicted heroin trafficker Amad ''Jay'' Malkoun, had a physique honed during his 16-year stint in prison. It was July 3, 2003, and Malkoun was recently out of jail, having gained public notoriety after being charged in 1988 as a key player in the state's biggest drug syndicate, which had been busted with $5.5 million of heroin. Amad 'Jay' Malkoun was described by police as 'a powerful standover man'. The federal police who were secretly watching Malkoun at Melbourne's international airport described him in a report as ''a powerful stand-over man … actively involved in the Melbourne drug trade''. The profession of his travelling companion, the man Jay called '
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