ALEMAN RELATIVES ARRESTED.A judge has issued arrest warrants for four relatives of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and six others connected to him on charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. , reports AP (Sept. 11, 2002). The group ordered arrested is suspected of transferring state funds totaling nearly $100 million to banks in Panama, then later passing the money to a foundation controlled by the former president. Aleman, who left office in January, has immunity immunity, ability of an organism to resist disease by identifying and destroying foreign substances or organisms. Although all animals have some immune capabilities, little is known about nonmammalian immunity. from criminal prosecution as head of Nicaragua's legislature. His daughter, Maria Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Aleman, has been implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. in the case but also has immunity as a sitting lawmaker. Among those ordered arrested Tuesday were Aleman's wife and son, and the former interior minister. President Enrique Bolanos has asked lawmakers to strip Aleman and his daughter of their immunity, but Aleman has used his supporters in the legislature to successfully block those attempts. Bolanos served as Aleman's vice president and was his hand-picked candidate for the presidency. But shortly after the election, Bolanos began demanding a cleanup of Nicaragua's notoriously no·to·ri·ous adj. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous: a notorious gangster; a district notorious for vice. corrupt political system, an initiative that put him at odds with Aleman and split the ruling party. *** Copyright 2002 |
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