>There was this one guy, living in the Departamento Beni (the equivalent of Departamento, in the U.S., would be a "State"). He was quite popular among the Benianos; they praised him for his generosity. It seems he made some significant public donations or something.
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>The point is, there are insistent rumors that he made his fortune from illegal drugs.

In Serbia, that would be called "washing the biography".