(Reuters) – A U.S. court sentenced former Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo to 70 months behind bars on Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.
Murillo pleaded guilty in October to receiving $532,000 in bribes from a Florida-based company in exchange for helping the company secure a tear gas contract with Bolivia’s defense ministry.
A former senator, Murillo served as interior minister between 2019 and 2020 during the interim government of President Jeanine Anez.
(Reporting by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Mark Porter)
