Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit News

Ecuador Dismisses Chevron Judges For Misconduct

Published

March 9, 2012

Two judges who handled the $18.2 billion environment lawsuit against Chevron Corp. (CVX) in Ecuador were dismissed by the board of the country’s Judicial Council, accused of improperly freeing an alleged drug trafficker.

According to a Feb. 29 disciplinary file reviewed on Thursday by Dow Jones Newswires, judges Nicolas Zambrano and Leonardo Ordonez, of the Provincial Court of Sucumbios, improperly freed an alleged drug trafficker. The suspect was charged with possession of half a ton of cocaine.

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#Factsmatter: An international arbitration panel found ‘no cogent evidence’ supporting #Ecuador’s claim that #Texaco failed to comply with terms of remediation in #Amazon. https://t.co/7TqQ6sJhik

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The @WSJ sums this case up nicely, “[Steven Donziger] and his team fabricated evidence, promised $500,000 to an #Ecuadorean judge to rule in their favor, ghostwrote much of the final verdict and took other actions that ‘perverted’ the course of #justice. Mr. Donziger disputes the… https://t.co/soQ1qreULA

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Shameless. Disbarred and convicted of criminal contempt of court for bribing an Ecuadorian judge in an attempted extortion scheme, @SDonziger is nonetheless accepting invitations to speak at #climate rallies. Read more about this adjudicated racketeer: https://t.co/5eac0lRmN7

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Sworn testimony: While Texaco met its environmental obligations in the Amazon, #Ecuador’s national oil company did “absolutely nothing” to address its own remediation in the area. #FactsMatter:
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DENIED: @SCOTUS rejects hearing case of Steven Donziger, who bribed Ecuadorian judge in failed effort to bilk Chevron for billions of dollars. https://t.co/zT0dlozk5R

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