Many international observers say the country -- with 60 percent poverty -- is in no shape to welcome refugees but simply signed the agreement under intense US pressure.
José Amaya Bonilla had an arrest warrant for conspiracy and alleged drug trafficking from Colombia and Ecuador to Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala and Mexico.
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said in a statement that he informed Congress of his intention to resume foreign aid for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
This week, President Trump precipitously cut U.S. foreign assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. This is a mistake, plain and simple.
Trump announced the aid cut-off to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala last week and threatened once again to close the US border with Mexico in response to the migrant surge.
An eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala died in government custody on Tuesday, US Customs and Border Protection said, the second child fatality in US detention this month.
