HAVANA – Cuba has ordered a Chilean businessman to appear in a corruption probe or face a possible arrest warrant.
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HAVANA – Cuba has ordered a Chilean businessman to appear in a corruption probe or face a possible arrest warrant.

The decree gives Max Marambio until July 29 to appear before investigators looking into possible bribery, embezzlement, falsifying documents, fraud and other charges "in which the Chilean citizen stands accused."

It warns that an arrest warrant will be issued if Marambio fails to show up, a move that can also lead to the forfeiture of Marambio's significant holdings in the country.

The summons is the first apparent movement in the case since April, when a top Chilean executive who worked for Marambio was found dead in his Havana apartment after being questioned in the investigation.

Marambio's office in the Chilean capital of Santiago told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the businessman was out of the country and would return in 15 days. It refused to say where he was, or whether he had traveled to Cuba.

Chilean media reported several weeks ago that two lawyers for Marambio were being sent to Havana to represent him in the case.

The summons naming Marambio appeared Tuesday in the Official Gazette, the weighty tome where the Cuban government publishes official decrees and laws.

Rio Zaza, the company he part-owned together with the Cuban government, made "Tropical Island" brand juices and other products that were ubiquitous in hard-currency stores catering to foreigners and  tourists. The brand has completely disappeared since the probe was launched earlier this year.

The probe of Rio Zaza is one of several moves against corruption.

By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer Paul Haven, Associated Press Writer  

Source: news.yahoo.com/

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