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Panama
Returning Nica Slush Fund
Nicaraguan Attorney General
Alberto Novoa said Panama will
return to Nicaragua over 10
million dollars frozen in bank
accounts of ex President Arnoldo
Aleman.
Novoa said the issue was
discussed during the
arrangements for the trial
beginning Mar 30.
Aleman, now under home arrest
serving charges of corruption,
fraud and embezzlement during
his 1997-2001 government in
Nicaragua, is also charged with
laundering more than 70 million
dollars in Panama.
The illegal operation included
creation of 22 questionable
public corporations and 62 bank
accounts involving several
aides, his wife Maria Fernanda
Flores and his tax collector
Byron Jerez.
Novoa said he will attend the
preliminary hearing next week in
Panama on Mar 30 and hoped
Aleman will be submitted to
public trial given the charges.
Meanwhile the Liberal
Constitutionalist Party
Legislators continue to lobby
Aleman´s amnesty in Congress for
the Nov 5 Presidential
elections.
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