Spanish lawyer arrested in Argentina

Spanish lawyer arrested in Argentina
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By h.b. - Oct 10, 2008 - 6:27 AM

José Emilio Rodríguez Menéndez at the time of his arrest in Argentina - Photo EFE

José Emilio Rodríguez Menéndez has been on the run from prison in Spain since the middle of August.

The Spanish lawyer José Emilio Rodríguez Menéndez has been arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The arrest was carried out in a joint operation between Spanish and Argentinean police and comes after the lawyer fled from Spain during a four day prison pass granted last August 18. He is thought to have headed to Paraguay where police lost the trail until now.

The lawyer was serving a ten year sentence in Spain for defrauding Hacienda tax authorities here, and was with his wife at the time of his arrest yesterday.

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