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Ex-Ecuador president put under house arrest on graft charges
Moreno, who was president from 2017 to 2021, and 36 others are suspected of receiving about $76m (sh282b) in bribes, "the highest amount prosecuted for acts of corruption" in Ecuador
Former Ecuadoran President (2017- 2021) Lenin Moreno Garces speaks during an interview with AFP in Asuncion on February 8, 2022. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision
Former Ecuador president Lenin Moreno was put under house arrest Friday for allegedly receiving bribes from a Chinese firm in exchange for a contract to build the country's largest hydroelectric