CARACAS, Venezuela – The U.S. State Department said a New York businessman detained in Bolivia on suspicion of money laundering arrived in the United States on Monday, the latest twist in a more than two-year saga that has unearthed high-level Bolivian government corruption.
A State Department official, who agreed to discuss the matter only if not quoted by name, confirmed that Jacob Ostreicher had left Bolivia but gave no details on his departure or travel.
Bolivian government officials said Monday that they didn't know anything about him possibly leaving their country.
Family members contacted The Associated Press early on Monday saying they hadn't heard from Ostreicher in a few days and feared he had been kidnapped. Later, brother Aron Ostreicher called saying his brother might be in the U.S. The brother then stopped answering his phone and email.
Ostreicher's daughter, Gitty Weinberger, said Monday evening she had been informed that her father was safely back in the U.S. but the two had not yet spoken.
Ostreicher spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail without charges on suspicion of money laundering while trying to salvage a rice-growing venture. He was released a year ago and put under house arrest in the city of Santa Cruz after actor Sean Penn and several U.S. lawmakers directly appealed to President Evo Morales to free him.
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