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Ecuador ex-president sentenced to 8 years for corruption: prosecutor

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Published Tue, Apr 7, 2020 · 11:08 PM

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    [QUITO] Former Ecuador president Rafael Correa was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption during his 10-year term in office, the attorney general's office said on Tuesday.

    Correa, who was president from 2007-17 but now lives in exile in Belgium, was one of 18 people convicted of bribery, the attorney general's office said on Twitter.

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