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struggle4progress

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Tue Dec 11, 2012, 11:16 PM Dec 2012

Lawyer: Guatemalan judge orders McAfee released

9:54PM EST December 11. 2012 - GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lawyer for John McAfee said Tuesday a judge has ordered the software company founder released from a Guatemalan detention center where he has been fighting being returned to Belize.

Lawyer Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the ruling, but added that it may take a day for formal written notification to win McAfee's release, possibly as soon as Wednesday ...

Guerra said Secaida ruled that McAfee's detention was illegal, ordered him released, and gave him 10 days to put his immigration situation in order. It was not immediately clear if McAfee could get some kind of temporary or transit visa to allow him to leave Guatemala.

He has said that he wants to return to the United States with his 20-year-old Belizean girlfriend. Guerra agreed that that would be his best option ...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/11/mcafee-guatemala/1762535/

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