Ecuador: Judge orders preventitive prison for ally of President, on corruption charges

Posted on October 24, 2016 • Filed under: Corruption, Crime, Ecuador, Oil

FORMER OIL MINISTER LEFT ECUADOR ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2016
reuters.com reported a local judge in Ecuador on Friday ordered preventive prison for a former oil minister on grounds of bribery amid an investigation into a $12 million corruption scandal in the Andean country’s state oil company. Ecuador’s public prosecutor’s office has accused Carlos Pareja, an ally of President Rafael Correa, of receiving $1 million dollars for allegedly helping companies get contracts with Petroecuador. Sixteen other people have been accused in the ongoing case. Read Article

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