“High-Ranking” Bolivian Government Official Reportedly Arrested In Ostreicher Case
Bolivian authorities have arrested a high-ranking government official,
Jose Manuel Antezana, for allegedly illegally profiting from the sale of
rice seized from Jacob Ostreicher almost two years ago. Antezana works in the ministry of the presidency.
Jacob Ostreicher
“High-Ranking” Bolivian Government Official Reportedly Arrested In Ostreicher Case
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Bolivian authorities have arrested a high-ranking government official, Jose Manuel Antezana, for allegedly illegally profiting from the sale of rice seized from Jacob Ostreicher almost two years ago, the AP reports.
Antezana works in the ministry of the presidency.
Ostreicher, a Brooklyn businessman, has been jailed for 18 months in La Paz. He has not yet been charged with a crime.
Prosecutor Javier Monasterios announced Antezana’s arrest, which occurred today, at a press conference in La Paz.
Monasterios accused Antezana of receiving $9,900 from the illegal sale of 18 tons of Ostreicher’s confiscated rice confiscated.
Ostreicher reportedly said that prosecutors told him there would be more arrests.
He is currently being treated for malnutrition at a La Paz clinic after going on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.
Ostreicher was supposed to be returned to prison tomorrow. He reportedly fears for his life because powerful people benefited from the theft of his assets.
The Bolivian government was investigating Ostreicher for alleged money laundering and for an obscure derivative connection to a former drug dealer.
dead man walking
Posted by: dh | November 26, 2012 at 06:25 PM
how stupid to do biz in bolivia AND going there on his own .
he is not gonna be released that soon .
i wanna see the physical and mental condition he is in today and will get worse as months go by .
the ny political help undertaken by his wife did not seem to help . it's gonna take years before his release
Posted by: dd | November 26, 2012 at 06:31 PM
Where is the outcry for this injustice. Where is the Yated wher is Lipschitz
It's been 18 month no rally's no appeals no mass demonstration
This mans life is in danger and we are quite
I guess you have to be guilty and in a comfortable jail with three squares and Minyon for your cause to be taken up
There is something very wrong with our system lets use some of SR money for a good cause and save a mans life
Posted by: Nussi | November 26, 2012 at 06:42 PM
Yossi yep only if you really committing a crime do they try to save you like SMR and The Japan smugglers
if you seem to be an Innocent guy screw you your on your own
or smr they benefited with cheap meat with Ostreicher what the the rebbies get?
Posted by: seymour | November 26, 2012 at 07:56 PM