Cuba sentences airline, pharmaceutical executives to 3- to 13-year prison terms for corruption

Cuba sentences airline, pharmaceutical executives to 3- to 13-year
prison terms for corruption
By Associated Press, Saturday, July 30, 3:52 AM

HAVANA — Cuban courts have convicted airline and pharmaceutical
executives of corruption and sentenced them to three to 13 years in prison.

The stiffest sentence is 13 years for Cubana de Aviacion director Jose
Heriberto Prieto.

An announcement on state television Friday night also mentions sentences
for various officials from pharmaceutical company Herbiotec SA.

It says the penalties correspond to the seriousness of the offenses and
"numerous losses to the economy."

Cuba has recently seen a series of convictions in an anti-corruption
campaign that has swept up two Chilean businessmen and a Frenchman who
was accused of laundering drug money.

President Raul Castro has warned that his government is serious about
fighting graft."

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