Software guru John McAfee, fighting deportation from Guatemala to Belize to face questions about the slaying of a neighbor, said on Saturday he wants to return to the United States, Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n \u201cMy goal is to get back to America as soon as possible,\u201d McAfee, 67, said in a phone call to Reuters<\/em> from the immigration facility where he is being held for illegally crossing the border to Guatemala with his 20-year-old girlfriend.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish I could just pack my bags and go to Miami,\u201d McAfee said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I fully understood the political situation. I\u2019m an embarrassment to the Guatemalan government and I\u2019m jeopardizing their relationship with Belize.\u201d<\/p>\n The two neighboring countries in Central America are locked in a decades-long territorial dispute and voters in 2013 will decide in a referendum how to proceed.<\/p>\n Responding to McAfee\u2019s remarks, a US State Department spokeswoman said US citizens in foreign countries are subject to local laws. Officials can only ensure they are \u201ctreated properly within this framework,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Guatemalan authorities arrested McAfee in a hotel in Guatemala City where he was holed up with his Belizean girlfriend.<\/p>\n The former Silicon Valley millionaire is wanted for questioning by Belizean authorities, who say he is a \u201cperson of interest\u201d in the killing of fellow American Gregory Faull, McAfee\u2019s neighbor on the Caribbean island of Ambergris Caye.<\/p>\n The two had quarreled at times, including over McAfee\u2019s unruly dogs. Authorities in Belize say he is not a prime suspect in the investigation.<\/p>\n Guatemala rejected McAfee\u2019s request for asylum on Thursday. His lawyers then filed several appeals to block his deportation. They say it could take months to resolve the matter.<\/p>\n