While the Odebrecht construction scandal has taken up most of the corruption scandal headlines, the Super Tucano case, another Brazilian originated scandal, languishes in the background.
Diario Libre reported that Judge Danilo Amador Quevedo ordered that former Air Force Colonel Carlos Piccini Núñez continue to serve pre-trial custody in the eight Super Tucano aircraft overpricing and bribes Embraer case.
Others named in the case are former Defense Minister Pedro Rafael Peña Antonio and businessmen Daniel Aquino Hernandez and Daniel Aquino Mendez who have been authorized bail.
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Diario Libre
13 February 2017
