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Philippines ex-leader’s spouse arrested

Associated Press

  March 14, 2012

A court Tuesday ordered the husband of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo arrested on charges that he received millions of dollars in bribes - part of a wide-ranging prosecution of alleged corruption during her presidency. Jose Miguel “Mike’’ Arroyo, who was seen as a backroom operator during his wife’s troubled nine years in office, posted bail later Tuesday to avoid detention. He had been indicted on the bribery charges in December.

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