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Guatemala investigates Lake Amatitlan clean-up plan
Source: BBC
Guatemala investigates Lake Amatitlan clean-up plan
13 March 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
A judge in Guatemala has ordered that a former vice-president be held in prison over an allegedly fraudulent plan to clean up pollution at Lake Amatitlan.
Roxana Baldetti is accused of leading a scheme in which millions were spent on a product to decontaminate the lake.
Testing revealed the product, which was never used, was mainly sea water.
Ms Baldetti also faces charges, along with ex-President Otto Perez Molina, over alleged corruption in a customs duties scheme.
The judge also ordered that her brother, Mario Baldetti, be detained over the plan, and some 15 more people are implicated in the alleged fraud.
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13 March 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
A judge in Guatemala has ordered that a former vice-president be held in prison over an allegedly fraudulent plan to clean up pollution at Lake Amatitlan.
Roxana Baldetti is accused of leading a scheme in which millions were spent on a product to decontaminate the lake.
Testing revealed the product, which was never used, was mainly sea water.
Ms Baldetti also faces charges, along with ex-President Otto Perez Molina, over alleged corruption in a customs duties scheme.
The judge also ordered that her brother, Mario Baldetti, be detained over the plan, and some 15 more people are implicated in the alleged fraud.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35796849
