US EditionFormer Peruvian President PPK Banned From Leaving the Country
- On June 8, 2025, Peruvian authorities prevented Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the country's ex-president, from boarding a flight at Lima's Jorge Chávez Airport bound for the United States due to an ongoing judicial order restricting his travel.
- Following an expedited hearing, the judiciary imposed an 18-month travel restriction due to concerns that Kuczynski might leave the country and avoid appearing in the ongoing investigations into illegal campaign financing in 2016.
- Authorities center their probe on $100,000 allegedly received from the construction company CASA via smurfing, amid broader inquiries into the 'Club de la Construcción' network accused of bribery in state contracts.
- At age 86, Kuczynski claimed medical reasons and a wish to see his wife as grounds for travel and labeled the detention an 'administrative kidnapping' while announcing legal action to challenge the restriction.
- This case highlights persistent corruption risks in Peru’s public sector and may set precedent affecting future governance and perceptions of legal certainty in political accountability.
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Former Peruvian President PPK banned from leaving the country
Former Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) was kept from departing to the United States at Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport during the weekend, before an 18-month travel ban was imposed on him. His lawyers contend that immigration authorities cannot act ex officio, deeming the 86-year-old politician a flight risk.
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Peru’s judicial authorities stopped former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the country on June 8, 2025, after he attempted to board a flight to the United States. Migration officials blocked his departure due to an active alert linked to ongoing criminal investigations into his 2016 presidential campaign. The judiciary advanced a hearing and issued […]
This weekend, the new Jorge Chávez airport has been more disturbed than usual. To the long queues, delayed flights and difficult accessibility was added an incident that has put security controls to the test. On Saturday night, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, known as PPK, the Peruvian economist of Polish origin who ruled Peru between July 2016 and March 2018, was going to fly to the United States. But agents of the National Superintendent of Migration p…
Peru's former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) was caught trying to leave the country for the United States, a few hours before the judiciary evaluated the prosecution's request to impose a new mandate to prevent him from leaving the country. The ex-mandator's action set off the alarms and motivated Judge Margarita Salcedo to advance for Sunday June 8 the hearing that was set for Monday 9.Kuczynski, 85, was intercepted at Jorge Chávez Inter…
Lima (EFE).- A court in Peru advanced for this Sunday the hearing that will evaluate the petition of the Prosecutor to order the impediment of departure from the country of former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), considering that there is an "imminent danger of escape" in the investigation that is followed for alleged money laundering. ... Read more
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