ECUADOR / USA / ENERGY : Ex-Judge Claims $500k Bribe Paid To Judge In Chevron $19 Billion Pollution Case.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/29/uk-chevron-ecuador-judge-idUKBRE90S04G20130129

     As expected...when BIG money is involved...crass ugliness is sure to continue.
     So it has...in the nasty pollution suit brought against Chevron by indigena people.
     The suit has dragged-on for decades in Ecuador...and now NYC.
     A former Ecuadorian judge testified that a $500,000 bribe was paid to the Lago Agrio judge who ruled in favor of some indigena tribes in 2009...with a $18.2 billion judgement.
    Former judge Alberto Guerra told about the bribe to a NYC court. 
    Plaintiffs' lawyers called Guerra 'a disgraced former Ecuadorian judge being paid hundreds of thousands by Chevron to make false allegations...about the judgement.' 
    Chevron is paying Guerra $10,000 per month...plus $2,000 monthly for housing.