U.S. Justice Department Declares Francisco Convit a Fugitive in $1.2 Billion Money Laundering Case

There’s little to add to document 47 of the case file number 18-20685 (see more below) related to the United States of America against Francisco Convit Guruceaga, one of the key figures in a criminal gang known as Derwick Associates. Convit, who remains a somewhat free man in Venezuela under the protection of the chief of the Supreme Court of Justice in that country (Maikel Moreno), has been declared a fugitive in connection with a $1.2 billion money laundering case. However, this is not the only corruption case involving Convit and his Derwick associates. It’s a classic case of when-not-if, as Conspirator 2 in the referred case (Alejandro Betancourt) is also likely to find himself in the same situation, as well as Conspirator 7 (Raúl Gorrín). The world becomes significantly smaller when fleeing from U.S. justice…