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A former Cuban government minister, Alejandro Roca- Iglesias, has been jailed for 15 years at the end of a high-profile anti- corruption trial.
His co-defendant, Chilean businessman Max Marimbo – a close friend of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro – was jailed in absentia for 20 years.
It is the first such corruption case in communist Cuba to end with a government minister being jailed.
During the trial, which was held behind closed doors, the court heard how both men worked together to commit fraud in the food sector.
The Chilean entrepreneur, Max Marimbo, first rose to prominence as a bodyguard for the deposed Chilean President Salvador Allende.
However, he fled into exile in Cuba, where he built up a food empire jointly with the Cuban state.
Both Marimbo and Roca fell from grace soon after President Raul Castro took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro, in 2006. (Excerpt from BBC News)
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