Ecuador Court Convicts Former President Moreno of Taking Bribes
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Un tribunal ecuatoriano declara culpable al exmandatario de un delito de cohecho por agilizar gestiones y acreditar el mayor proyecto hidroeléctrico del país a la empresa china SinohydroUn tribunal ecuatoriano ha sentenciado a cinco años de cárcel al exmandatario por un delito de cohecho por agilizar gestiones y acreditar el mayor proyecto hidroeléctrico del país a la empresa china Sinohydro
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Fri, 28 August 2026
4 reports- El País (Spain)20:20first to reportedited after publishing
Un tribunal ecuatoriano ha sentenciado a cinco años de cárcel al exmandatario por un delito de cohecho por agilizar gestiones y acreditar el mayor proyecto hidroeléctrico del país a la empresa china Sinohydro
- Bloomberg Politics21:08
Three judges in Ecuador found former President Lenín Moreno guilty of accepting bribes from China’s Sinohydro Corp. Ltd. when he was vice president in 2010, according to a unanimous verdict.
- El Mundo (Spain)22:14
El ex mandatario se benefició de sobornos durante la construcción de la mayor central hidroeléctrica del país a cargo de la china Sinohydro Leer
- ABC (Spain)22:26
El Tribunal de la Corte Nacional de Justicia del Ecuador condenó a cinco años de prisión al expresidente de Ecuador Lenín Moreno (2017-2021), acusado de cohecho en el caso Sinohydro, nombre de la empresa China que construyó la mega central hidroeléctrico Coca Codo Sinclair, y a su esposa Rocío González a dos años y seis meses, considerada cómplice. La sentencia fue leída la noche de este viernes 28 de agosto, luego de un día entero de audiencia, que mantuvo al país en vilo.También fueron...
Sat, 29 August 2026
6 reports- singletonargus.com.au02:17
The former president of Ecuador, his wife and daughter, as well as his two brothers and sisters-in-law, have...
- Le Monde (France)03:00
L’ex-dirigeant de 73 ans, qui doit purger sa peine en résidence surveillée, a annoncé qu’il ferait appel. Il lui est reproché d’avoir perçu des pots-de-vin d’un groupe chinois, en échange d’un contrat pour la construction d’une centrale hydroélectrique, lorsqu’il était vice-président du pays.
- Al Jazeera English03:48
Lenin Moreno, 73, has also been permanently barred from holding any public office in the future.
- Die Zeit (Germany)17:45
Lenín Moreno soll als Vizepräsident Einfluss auf die Vergabe eines Wasserkraftwerks genommen haben. Ein Gericht verurteilte ihn wegen Bestechlichkeit zu fünf Jahren Haft.
- Der Spiegel (Germany)18:32
Es geht um den Bau des größten Wasserkraftwerks Ecuadors: Ein chinesisches Unternehmen soll den damaligen Vizepräsidenten und späteren Präsidenten des Landes bestochen haben. Auch seine Frau muss ins Gefängnis.
- BBC News World19:44
Lenín Moreno denies taking bribes from a Chinese firm to secure a contract to build a hydroelectric plant.
Thu, 3 September 2026
2 reports- MercoPress (South America)08:11
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, Yang Huiju and Song Dongsheng.
- South China Morning Post21:36
Former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador to Quito asked the country’s highest court on Thursday to spare them the five-year sentences handed down last week over a US$76 million bribery scheme. Moreno was convicted of bribery by a three-judge panel of the National Court of Justice over contracts for Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric project secured by a Chinese state contractor. The judges found unanimously that he had used his position as vice-president, held...