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Reuters: Judge Nicolas Zambrano often leaves work so late he has to wake up the security guard to let him out of the courthouse and onto the dark and dangerous streets of this Ecuadorean jungle town.
Zambrano -- a solidly built former air force officer with a shaved head and penetrating brown eyes -- is hearing the $27 billion suit brought against Chevron Corp (CVX.N) by local farmers who say the U.S. energy giant polluted the rain forest with faulty drilling practices in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Chevron case keeps Ecuador judge up late
Posted by Reuters: Hugh Bronstein on January 31st, 2011
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