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A U.S. federal judge has sentenced a former Bolivian minister to nearly six years in prison after he admitted to a charge of attempting to launder bribes he received for securing government contracts for a U.S. company.
A former minister in the Bolivian government pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes through a Miami bank in exchange for steering an inflated tear-gas contract to a South Florida company.
Two Former Top Bolivian Officials Charged in Bribery Scheme
U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged two former top officials of the government of Bolivia in connection to an international bribery and money laundering scheme.
Arturo Carlos Murillo Prijic, the former minister of the government of Bolivia, and Sergio Rodrigo Mendez Mendizabal, the former chief of staff of the Ministry of Government of Bolivia, face up to 20 years on money laundering charges as part of a bribery scheme designed to secure a Bolivian Ministry of Defense contract for a U.S. firm, according to the Department of Justice.
An attorney for Murillo did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mendez did not have an attorney listed as of Wednesday night.