Former Ecuadorian leader gets 5-year corruption sentence
The Ecuadorian court has issued a five-year prison sentence for former President Lenin Moreno for corruption charges related to accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for facilitating a contract to build a hydroelectric power plant. Moreno, who attended the sentencing and suffers from a disability that prevents him from walking, will serve his sentence under house arrest following his conviction as a direct participant in the bribery scheme during his tenure as Vice President. His wife, daughter, brother, and son-in-law were also convicted of complicity and sentenced to 30 months in prison, with all convicted individuals mandated to repay three times the illicit sums within 90 days. It is worth noting that Moreno, who governed Ecuador from 2017 to 2021, is the third former president to be convicted in corruption cases, although his trial initially concerned crimes committed before he assumed the presidency.
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