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Ecuador former president corruption conviction 2026
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 29
AUG 29 · Day 1
Ecuador sentences ex-president Moreno to five years in jail in bribery case
The attorney general's office launched an investigation in March 2023.
Moreno denied the allegations and said he had no role in signing or overseeing the project's contracts.
Judge Manuel Cabrera was head of the tribunal that delivered the ruling.
“Lenin Moreno’s conduct is consistent with the charges brought by the prosecution: the crime of bribery attributed to a public official,”
MANUEL CABRERA
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AUG 29 · Day 1
Former Ecuadorian president imprisoned for corruption
Moreno was barred from public office.
A court in Quito found Moreno and 19 others guilty of corruption.
Those convicted of bribery will have to repay three times what they were given.