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Argentina's Menem acquitted of arms smuggling

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Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was acquitted on Tuesday of smuggling arms to Croatia and Ecuador in the 1990s during a 10-year presidency remembered for free-market reforms and corruption.

 

Menem, now a frail, 81-year-old senator, smiled as a judge read out the "not guilty" verdicts on him and 17 others, including his former brother-in-law and presidential advisor, Emir Yoma. (Reuters)

 

 

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