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Peru sentences ex-president Vizcarra to 14 years in prison for corruption
Vizcarra received $676,000 in bribes for contracts awarded as Moquegua governor and was banned from public office for nine years, court ruled.
- On Wednesday, a Peruvian court in Lima sentenced former President Martín Vizcarra to 14 years in prison after finding him guilty of taking bribes years before he took office.
- As governor of Moquegua, Vizcarra allegedly took illegal payments, receiving approximately $611,000 in bribes from construction companies for irrigation and hospital contracts.
- Throughout the trial that began last October, Vizcarra denied wrongdoing as prosecutors sought a 15-year sentence and the verdict cited alleged $676K bribes.
- The court ordered immediate imprisonment and a nine-year ban from public office for Martín Vizcarra, former President, while his brother Mario Vizcarra plans an April 2026 presidential run; three other former presidents, including Alejandro Toledo and Ollanta Humala, are also jailed.
- Peru's recent political turmoil provides the backdrop, with six presidents since 2018 amid corruption scandals, while Martín Vizcarra's conviction involves graft before his presidency, removing a key figure from the fraught scene.
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Former Peruvian center-left president Martin Vizcarra was sentenced on Wednesday 26 November to 14 years in prison for bribes received while he was still governor in the south of the country, in the early 2010s. Head of State between 2018 and 2020, he joined a long list of former presidents imprisoned for corruption or attempted putsch.
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The former Peruvian president was sentenced to prison for bribery, in a case that rekindles the debate about corruption and political justice in the country.
Former Peruvian leader Vizcarra has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.
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According to the verdict, Vizcarra accepted bribes while he was governor of the southern region of Moquegua
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