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Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador convicted over bribes at Ecuador's largest dam

A court of Ecuador's National Court of Justice on Friday sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for bribery, in the case over kickbacks linked to the construction and financing of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The same sentence was handed to China's former ambassador in Quito, Cai Runguo, and to former representatives of the Chinese state builder Sinohydro,…

Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador convicted over bribes at Ecuador's largest dam

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