When Jacob Ostreicher’s plane landed somewhere on US soil on December 15, it brought an unexpected and mysterious end to his 30-month Bolivian nightmare. Mishpacha’s Machla Abramovitz, who once played an “insider’s” role in the flurry of diplomatic activity to spring Ostreicher, spoke with family members and strips away the veil of corruption that permeates Bolivian society and led to both Ostreicher’s incarceration and flight to freedom.
A week after Jacob Ostreicher returned to theUnited States his family expressed extreme gratitude for his freedom yet is still overwhelmed.
“We were waiting for this but didn’t think it was going to happen” Ostreicher’s sister Fraidy Schwartz told Mishpacha. “It was all very sudden.”
Ostreicher’s physical health is better than expected she says but he is traumatized. “We have to continue praying that Hashem helps him get well.”
Ostreicher 54 was a managing partner in a rice-growing venture inBoliviawhen authorities arrested him on June 3 2011 on suspicion of money laundering and doing business with drug traffickers.
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