Ecuador Journalist Faces $10m Libel Damages Action

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By: Roy Greenslade | Guardian.co.uk

Ecuadorian journalist Peter Tavra Franco, who was sentenced to six months in jail for libel last month, now faces a $10m legal demand.

Tavra was convicted of libelling brother and sister Milton and Mónica Carrera in the newspaper El Universo in February 2009.

The story concerned Mónica Carrera's escape after she was detained for alleged human trafficking from Ecuador into the United States.































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