Investigation reports that Chevron offered bribes to judges in Ecuador

According to a press release published by Amazon Defense Coalition – New evidence suggests that Chevron CEO John Watson has resorted to authorizing the offering of lucrative benefits packages to former Ecuadorian judges in return for false testimony designed to undermine the environmental trial that led to a $19 billion verdict against the company, according to a preliminary investigation by the rainforest communities. The offers appear to take the form of a luxury lifetime package of kickbacks – including immigration to the U.S., a generous salary, payment of income taxes, and luxury housing and vehicles – that Chevron delivered in 2009 to one of its Ecuadorian contractors, Diego Borja. Borja in 2009 targeted a judge presiding over the case with a video entrapment scheme to manufacture evidence in Chevron’s favor that backfired against the company. Read Article