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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on April 12, 2019, 04:14:17 am

Title: Ecuador Arrests Software Developer With Alleged Links to Wikileaks' Julian Assange
Post by: TomSea on April 12, 2019, 04:14:17 am
So Ecuador's president is named LENIN Moreno...  :pondering: , interesting development.

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Ecuador Arrests Software Developer With Alleged Links to Wikileaks' Julian Assange
By Associated Press 11:06 PM EDT

A senior Ecuadorian official says a Swedish software developer living in Quito and who is allegedly close to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested as authorities attempt to dismantle a blackmail ring that in recent days had threatened to retaliate against President Lenin Moreno.

The official said Ola Bini was arrested Thursday at Quito’s airport as he was preparing to board a flight for Japan.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity and didn’t provide any additional details about Bini.

Read more at: http://time.com/5569215/ecuador-wikileaks-arrest-software-developer/ (http://time.com/5569215/ecuador-wikileaks-arrest-software-developer/)