Former Nicaragua president rejects money laundering amnesty
Former Nicaraguan president Arnoldo Aleman on Monday rejected a proposed amnesty for his money-laundering conviction, local media reported.

"For the sake of reconciliation I will back an amnesty, but don't use my name to help those who are responsible for crimes committed under the 2002-2007 presidency of Enrique Bolanos," said Aleman, Nicaragua's president from 1992 to 2002.

He said he had already served several years of his sentence under a new penal code passed by the nation's legislature.

Aleman is serving a 20-year imprisonment under the Family Cohabitation Regime, which allows him to stay at home, and travel within Nicaragua. He was convicted of fraud, money laundering and embezzling 100 million U.S. dollars in 2003.

Deputies from his right-wing Liberal Constitutionalist Party and the Nicaraguan Liberal Party-Conservative Party had agreed to offer an amnesty for Aleman.

Bolanos, who just left off his post in January, and his finance minister, Eduardo Montealegre, are under investigation by the nation's attorney general for alleged corruption.