Bayardo Arce hundido en juicio secreto: la dictadura le saca red de lavado de más de 2,700 millones de dólares
Revelan la magnitud del lavado de dinero encabezado por Bayardo Arce y ordenan el decomiso de bienes. Su caso se suma a los de veteranos sandinistas que operaban con total impunidad como parte del “grupo de hierro” en torno a Ortega y que ahora son enviados a descarte.
TL;DR
- Bayardo Arce Castaño, former economic advisor to Daniel Ortega, has been found guilty of leading a money laundering network exceeding $2.7 billion.
- Arce and his assistant, Ricardo Bonilla Castañeda, were convicted of money laundering and defrauding the state.
- The scheme involved concealing illicit funds from tax evasion through 49 companies, with transfers to Panama and the British Virgin Islands.
- Arce's wife, Amelia Ybarra-Rojas Brodegen, and brother-in-law, Amílcar Manuel Ybarra-Rojas Brodegen, are fugitives also accused of money laundering.
- The court ordered the cancellation of companies and the seizure of assets.
- Arce's conviction follows his public criticism of Ortega in 2018, suggesting a potential political motive.
- Arce had been detained for six months without public knowledge of his trial.