Mauro Tello Quinones was tortured and killed just days after he arrived in the city to fight corruption in the local police.

VOA: special.2009.03.14

Last month residents burned tires in the streets to protest what is called the lack of service delivery and local politicians whom they accuse of corruption.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Voters also complain about rampant corruption among local authorities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

His former chief of staff, Paul Mifsud, received a six-month jail sentence for evidence tampering and forgery, and Voinovich's brother has been criticized for his role in a local corruption scandal.

CNN: By Erika Niedowski, CQ Staff Writer

And the Chicago Tribune, which praises his prosecution of local political corruption, has told him to back off in the Plame case.

NPR: Fitzgerald Leads Way on Plame Case

When she visited Moscow last spring, she diced with arrest by local prosecutors on corruption charges.

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