Bolivia – A Bolivian appeals panel has refused to immediately release a New York businessman, despite evidence he was fleeced and extorted by prosecutors who have had him jailed for 18 months without charges on suspicion of money laundering.
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Instead, the two judges sent the case of Jacob Ostreicher back to the trial judge.
They ordered her to reconsider favorable evidence she previously threw out at the urging of an official who is now under arrest.
Ostreicher’s case led to the uncovering of a shakedown ring allegedly run by the No. 1 legal advisor in the Interior Ministry, and including two prosecutors. It came after actor Sean Pean interceded with President Evo Morales.
Penn was at the hearing but did not comment. He has praised Morales’ decisiveness in pursuing the ring.
im brought to tears when i see him shaking in the wheelchair. hashem yerachem!
Poor man, he looks so sick and undernurished. God help him with a Refuah Shleimah and to be out of that hell hole very soon
It’s Sean PENN thank you very much
What good is this clip if its in Spanish??? Can someone explain to us none Spanish speakers, what she is saying?
wow! hashem shud help him. He really does suffer from parkison’s. his hands are shaking uncontrolably on this video.
His family should sue Bolivia in U.S. court and attach Bolivian property in the U.S.