
Phantom cows and missing millions spark financial scandal in Uruguay
By Lucinda Elliott ARTIGAS, Uruguay (Reuters) - Sandra Palleiro is on the hunt for her lost cows. The 60-year-old accountant is standing in a muddy field at the end of a farm track in Uruguay’s remote border region with Brazil. She has traveled 600 kilometers (370 miles) from the capital, Montevideo, to find 61 cattle she owns, at least on paper. The missing bovines were part of a "cow bond ...