Ecuador finds ex-President Moreno guilty in hydro plant bribery case


FILE PHOTO: Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno visits areas affected by protests, in Quito, Ecuador October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

QUITO, ⁠Aug ⁠28 (Reuters) - An ‌Ecuadorean court found former ​President ⁠Lenin Moreno ⁠guilty on ⁠Friday ‌in a ⁠bribery case ​tied ‌to the ⁠construction ​of ⁠the Andean country's ​largest hydroelectric plant, ⁠the public prosecutor'soffice ​said.

(Reporting ⁠by Alexandra ​Valencia, ‌Editing by ​Natalia Siniawski)

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