El Salvador Overpaid $7 Million to Shell Company for Undelivered Milk During Pandemic

from Central America in Minutes · host El Faro English

In the chaotic first week of the Covid pandemic, El Salvador paid a Virgin Islands company $27 million USD to provide milk powder for its hungry citizens — but the shell firm overcharged and under-delivered, pocketing $7 million, a government audit found.

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