Guatemalan Police say that the charges against him are: Kidnapping, conspiracy and illicit association with other criminals. But in the press there, he is also being accused of child molestation and trafficking in persons, but, we stress, he has not been charged for that.

At 3:00 yesterday afternoon, Budna was captured by an anti-kidnapping teamin San Benito, Petén, The Guatemalan press reports that there was a confrontation with the police where Budna, described as a gang leader was injured. They say he is the leader of a criminal network dedicated to international kidnapping in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.

Of note is that press reports there say Budna is also wanted by the FBI in the United States for kidnapping an American. He is being investigated for three recent kidnappings in Guatemala for which ransoms of as much as five thousand dollars were demanded. According to press reports, Budna abducted his victims in Guatemala and then moved to Honduras while the ransom was being demanded - and then let them go near their homes after it was paid.