NewzFormer Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno, who served from 2017 to 2021, was sentenced to five years in prison this Friday. A court found him guilty of bribery, determining that he accepted illicit payments to facilitate the financing of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project.
The Coca Codo Sinclair facility is the largest hydroelectric plant in Ecuador. The conviction centers on the legal determination that the former president utilized his position to secure funding for the infrastructure project in exchange for bribes.
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