The United States has formalized requests to extradite Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares from Guatemala  Both accused in a court in New York for the alleged money laundering and conspiracy to launder money.

If convicted they could face up The Martinelli Linares would face up to 50 years in prison in the United States

This weekend the two sons of former President Ricardo Martinelli will have completed two months in detention in a military prison in Guatemala, at the request of the United States.

Panama cases
The brothers were arrested in Guatemala on July 6, when they tried to board a private plane that would bring them to Panama, where for years they have been required for an investigation, in two investigations for the payment of bribes: Odebrecht and Blue Apple reports La Prensa.

On July 24, the Guatemala Fifth Criminal Sentencing Court ordered the beginning of the process of his extradition to the United States of Luis Enrique. The US authorities were then given 40 days to submit the formal extradition request and the supporting documents.

Ricardo Alberto's case is handled by the Third Criminal Sentencing Court.

According to an accusation presented by the FBI - Ricardo Alberto and Luis Enrique would have participated as “intermediaries” in the receipt and payment of bribes for $ 28 million, “under the direction of Odebrecht ”.

The payments - as stated in the sealed indictment that is in a New York court - would have benefited a Panamanian official, whose name has not been noted in the documents released so far is described as “an official with a very high position in the government of Panama a … close relative” of the two defendants” between 2009 and 2014, a period that corresponds to the presidential mandate of  Ricardo Martinelli.