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Weekly Report - 1 February 2005
PARAGUAY: Judges & prosecutors accused of corruption
It is not entirely clear whether President Nicanor Duarte ordered the launch of a major new anticorruption drive targeting the judiciary, but the man who set it in motion, Guillermo Delmás, implied that Duarte was indeed behind the move - only to half-deny it later. Accused of corruption by Delmás are 16 judges, six state prosecutors and the bankruptcies receiver.
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