Ecuador’s Top Court Finds Ex-President Correa Guilty of Bribery
- Former leader sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in absentia
- Correa has two appeal opportunities to rescue political career
Rafael Correa
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Ecuador’s highest court found found former President Rafael Correa guilty of bribery along with 19 other defendants.
Three judges at the National Court of Ecuador found that Correa and other senior officials had funneled bribes from private companies to fund political campaigns from 2012 through 2016. In exchange, companies received government contracts, the court found.