Jury Clears Puerto Rico's Ex-Governor in Corruption Trial

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A jury found Puerto Rico's former governor not guilty Friday on all nine counts including conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI, concluding his monthlong corruption trial.

Anibal Acevedo Vila, who could have faced 20 years in prison if convicted, was the first governor to be charged with a crime since the island became a semiautonomous U.S. commonwealth in 1952.

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Jury Clears Puerto Rico's Ex-Governor in Corruption Trial

Acevedo made the sign of the cross as he heard the verdict ...

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