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Former president of Ecuador sentenced to five years in prison for corruption

oglobo29 August 2026 at 03:58

Ecuadorian Justice on Friday (28th) sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for bribery, in a corruption case involving the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant by the Chinese company Sinohydro. The court sentenced Moreno along with six other people, including a former Chinese ambassador, the country's Attorney General's office reported.

The former leader, 73 years old, stated he would appeal the first-instance ruling. In addition to Moreno, his wife and other relatives were sentenced to nearly three years in prison for complicity in the corrupt scheme.

The court found Moreno responsible for benefiting from a corruption scheme related to the Coca Codo Sinclair plant, which began operating in 2016. According to the Attorney General's office, when he was vice president of the socialist Rafael Correa's government, between 2007 and 2013, Moreno's family received approximately 1 million dollars in bribes paid by Sinohydro to favor the construction of the hydroelectric plant.

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