The Spanish daily El País de España has covered the local investigation of Ángel Rondón Rijo in regards to the Odebrecht bribery scandal, given his ties to AAA Dominicana, an affiliate of Canal de Isabel II (Sociedad Interamericana de Agua y Servicios), a Spanish company. AAA has been responsible for water service collections in the Dominican Republic.
Rondón made headlines when he was accused of having received US$92 million in bribes by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht from 2001-2014 to secure contract work for the company in the Dominican Republic. He acknowledged receiving the amount and argued these were his fees for services rendered to secure the contract work.
As reported in El País, scandals around the affiliates of Canal de Isabel II company based in Madrid have already prompted the regional government to shut down several affiliates in Latin America, although not the AAA Dominicana, with its ties to Angel Rondon.
As reported, Rondón is co-president of AAA Dominicana together with Diego García Arias who represents Inassa, the Colombian company that manages most of the affiliates of Canal Isabel II in Latin America.
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El País
7 Días
1 February 2017
