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US convicts 'suitcase cash' man

Source: BBC

An US court has convicted a Venezuelan businessman over an alleged Venezuelan government plot to influence last year's Argentine presidential election.

Franklin Duran, 41, acted as an illegal foreign agent in the US.

The US says Mr Duran went to Miami to silence a man who smuggled an $800,000 (£500,000) campaign donation from Venezuela to the Argentine president.

The Venezuelan and Argentine presidents have rejected the charges, saying the trial was politically motivated.

Jurors deliberated for seven days, at one point indicating they were hopelessly deadlocked, before handing down a conviction.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7707875.stm

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