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Il caso riguarda la vendita illegale di 21mila test per il Covid-19, oltre a mascherine e guanti, tra marzo e agosto 2020, durante la pandemia. L'ex presidente Abdalá Bucaram, suo figlio Jacobo e altre due persone sono stati accusati di associazione per delinquere e altri reati finanziari.
L'ex presidente dell'Ecuador Abdalá Bucaram è stato condannato a nove anni e quattro mesi di carcere per associazione per delinquere, al termine di un processo durato oltre cinque anni. Secondo la Procura, Bucaram, il figlio Jacobo e altre due persone hanno commercializzato illegalmente 21mila test per il Covid-19 tra marzo e agosto del 2020, durante la pandemia, oltre a mascherine, guanti e altri dispositivi sanitari. Jacobo Bucaram è stato condannato alla stessa pena, mentre un ex agente della polizia stradale e un'altra persona hanno ricevuto una condanna a 13 anni e quattro mesi come "autori diretti" delle operazioni illecite.
La Procura ha contestato agli imputati anche i reati di arricchimento privato ingiustificato, frode fiscale, peculato e falsificazione di documenti pubblici. Bucaram, che non si è presentato per la sesta volta all'udienza per la lettura della sentenza, ha definito il verdetto "macabro" e "immorale" e ha annunciato che farà ricorso. L'ex presidente, 74 anni, ha inoltre sostenuto di essere affetto da gravi problemi cardiaci.
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Abdalá Bucaram farà ricorso contro la condanna
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Denise Cosco, daughter of justice witness Lea Garofalo killed by the 'Ndrangheta, committed suicide at the age of 35 by throwing herself out of a window. He was under protection until 2018, had changed his identity and was living in an undisclosed location with his son. Velletri prosecutors investigate for incitement to suicide and seize the cell phone.

The expert report on the evidentiary incident on the death of Domenico Caliendo, a child of almost two and a half years who died after a failed heart transplant at Monaldi in Naples, has been filed with the investigating judge. The organ, which came from Bolzano on 23 December 2025, had been damaged by incorrect conservation with dry ice. Seven health workers are under investigation for attempted manslaughter.

Denise, daughter of justice witness Lea Garofalo killed by the 'Ndrangheta in 2009, took her own life at the age of 35 by throwing herself out of a window. After years under protection, a change of identity and a secret life with a son, he could not bear the weight of the past and loneliness. Don Ciotti and Libera remembered her as courageous and suffering, underlining her path to redemption following that of her mother.

In the afternoon Malpensa airport was temporarily closed due to a fire starting on an easyJet flight bound for Prague, which was taxiing. The 146 passengers were evacuated from the emergency slides; all unharmed except for two slightly bruised passengers. The flames were apparently caused by a power bank in a passenger's hand luggage.

Denise Cosco, daughter of justice witness Lea Garofalo killed in 2009, committed suicide at 17 after four days of agony in hospital. She had reported her father Carlo Cosco for the murder of her mother and had been living outside the protection program since 2018, trying to rebuild her life with a partner and a four-year-old son.

Denise Cosco, daughter of Lea Garofalo, died in hospital. After four days of agony following an extreme gesture, she passed away at the age of 35.