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Rafael Menestra

President of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia

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  • Aug 29

    Ecuador court sentences former president Lenin Moreno to five years for Sinohydro bribery

    An Ecuadorian court found former president Lenin Moreno guilty of taking bribes from Chinese firm Sinohydro for the Coca Codo Sinclair dam contract.

  • Aug 28

    Lenín Moreno sentenced to five years in prison in Ecuador over Chinese dam bribes

    Ecuador's National Court of Justice sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years of house arrest after convicting him of taking bribes linked to a Chinese-built hydroelectric plant.

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