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Diaz Reus & Targ LLP
U.S. Judge Denies Peruvian Government's Last Defense in $5 Million Reward Case
November 29th, 2008
U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke yesterday rejected Peru's attempt to avoid paying a $5 million reward to Jose Guevara, a Venezuelan man who helped Peru capture its fugitive spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos in 2001. In throwing out the last Peruvian counterclaims, Cooke reaffirmed her September 9th summary judgment that the government of Peru owed Guevara the reward money. She also set a December trial date for Guevara's suit against two of Peru's former Ministers of the Interior, the last remaining component of the case, according to Guevara's attorneys, Michael Diaz and Carlos Gonzalez of Diaz Reus& Targ LLP, in Miami. "After a long, arduous fight,...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-29)
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