US judge convicts Colombia's former anti-corruption czar for corruption
Source: Colombia Reports
by Canin Carlos January 3, 2019
A US judge sentenced Colombia’s former top anti-corruption prosecutor to four years in prison after admitting he took a bribe from a former governor in a Miami mall.
Moreno, who was personally appointed by Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez in 2016, received a reduced sentence because he was already sentenced to five years in Colombia.
The conviction sent a shock wave through Colombia’s notoriously corrupt political establishment, according to newspaper El Tiempo, after Martinez’ former anti-corruption chief agreed to testify against 26 Colombian officials accused of making part of so-called “toga cartel.”
This could potentially result in US extradition requests for Colombia’s former chief justice, other former members of the Supreme Court and prominent politicians who allegedly bribed Supreme Court magistrates to frustrate criminal investigations.
Read more: https://colombiareports.com/us-judge-convicts-colombias-former-anti-corruption-czar-for-corruption/
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In nearby Argentina, something similar probably awaits Macri's "Anti-Corruption" office head, Laura Alonso.
Alonso, who received hundreds of thousands from vulture fundie and GOP megabundler Paul Singer as congresswoman a few years ago (thoroughly illegal by Argentine law), has basically used her office to protect Macri from a collection of corruption charges:
His writing off his own family's $300 million in Postal Service debt;
giving Colombia's Avianca access to domestic air routes in return to buying out his bankrupt MacAir charter airline;
undermining the national airline to benefit the highly unsafe 'FlyBondi' (in which some in his cabinet have a stake);
his family's hidden stake in utility firms (while decreeing 1000% rate hikes);
his $60 million+ in undeclared Caribbean accounts;
his Trump-like wind farm deals (buying for $15 million, selling for $75 mil.); etc.
None of it, according Ms. Alonso, "technically illegal."
Nor is she a lawyer - as the statute for Anti-Corruption Office heads mandates.
She is, however, "in love" with Señor Macri (her own words).
As good a qualification as any for the 'Trump of the Pampas' I suppose.
"Anti-Corruption" Office head Laura Alonso. She heard the glasses worked for Rick Perry.
