Sunday, June 16, 2013

Argentina court sentences former president to 7 years in prison

[JURIST] The Court of Cassation of Argentina, the highest criminal court, sentenced former Argentine President Carlos Menem [official websites] of selling illegal weapons to Croatia and Ecuador during his presidency. The now-Senator Menem pleaded innocence, claiming that the weapons were intended for Panama and Venezuela but were stolen and sold to parties that violated the country's peace agreements [text, PDF] and UN embargoes [summary]. The lower court initially acquitted Menem and 17 other defendants last year on a series of...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/06/argentina-court-sentences-former-president-to-7-years-in-prison.php

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