WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is designating former Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes for his involvement in “significant corruption,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
“Former President Cartes obstructed a major international investigation into transnational crime in order to protect himself and his criminal associate from potential prosecution and political damage,” Blinken said in a statement.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson; editing by Paul Grant)
