The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradoraccused the Judiciary this Wednesday of being a “corrupt oligarchy” after a judge granted procedural freedom to the former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Emilio Lozoya, main defendant in the Brazilian Odebrecht bribery network. “The Judiciary is now dominated by the corrupt oligarchy, it is at the service […]
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Panama’s main airport regrets ruling that annuls termination of contract with Odebrecht
The Tocumen SA International Airport said this Thursday that “the Mint” the decision of the Administrative Court of Public Procurement that revoked the termination of the terminal expansion contract with Odebrechta work of more than 900 million dollars, for an alleged non-compliance, and announced the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Court of Justice. In […]
Odebrecht fails to pay fine in Panama bribery case
A Panama court determined that the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht failed to comply in 2023 with the payment of US$ 19.24 million, corresponding to the fine of US$ 220 million that was imposed on it in the Central American country for the bribery case, the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor’s Office) reported this Wednesday. The Compliance […]
Odebrecht has paid S/233 million of the S/760 million in compensation to the Peruvian State
The Government of Peru has so far received S/233 million (about US$62.9 million) of the S/760 million total compensation that the Brazilian company Odebrecht must pay for acts of corruption, the Ministry of Justice reported this Friday. and Human Rights (Minjus). The ministry indicated in a statement that it charged another S/22 million for the […]
Colombia: former presidential candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga will go to trial for the Odebrecht case
The Colombian prosecutor’s office The accusation against the former presidential candidate will be filed next week before the Supreme Court of Justice Oscar Ivan Zuluaga and his son David for receiving payments from the Brazilian company Odebrecht in the 2014 campaign, so both will go to trial. This was reported by the attorney general, Francisco […]
Odebrecht Case: Panama withdraws US$600 million lawsuit against Credicorp Bank
This Monday, the Panamanian State withdrew a civil lawsuit for US$600 million against the local bank Credicorp Bank, for “damages” derived from the corruption plot Odebrecht. “This morning the civil action that mentions our institution has been withdrawn, in relation to the case against Constructora Odebrecht SA. We reiterate that there is no lawsuit against […]
Brazilian judge annuls evidence of Odebrecht confessions in corruption scandal
a judge of Brazil annulled this Wednesday the evidence from the confessions of executives of the giant odebrechtimplicated in the corruption scandal “Lava Jato”, and affirmed that the imprisonment of President Lula, linked to the same investigation, was “one of the biggest legal errors in history” from the country. In his decision, to which AFP […]
Odebrecht case: Colombia expects to have evidence for convictions in a month
The Legal Defense Agency of the Colombian State assured this Tuesday that “trust” have evidence against him Endorsement Group and Corficolombian by USA to initiate the procedures for the suspension and loss of the contracts of these companies with the State due to their involvement in the case of corruption of odebrecht. “Given the seriousness […]
Odebrecht owes Colombia US$119.6 million for acts of corruption
The Brazilian construction company formerly known as odebrecht owed to Colombia more than 494,000 million pesos (US$119.6 million) for the damages caused to the country in a network of corruption that included politicians, individuals and contributions to two presidential campaigns, the Attorney General’s Office denounced on Thursday. Odebrecht has been at the center of the […]
Ecuador: Prosecutor’s Office defends Odebrecht case ruling after Brazilian court ruling
The Attorney General’s Office Ecuador defended the sentence obtained from the case odebrecht by the Ecuadorian Justice, after in Brazil the Federal Supreme Court annulled the evidence used against Jorge Glas, former vice president of Ecuador during the presidential term of Rafael Correa. In a statement, the Public Ministry stated that there is a “intention […]