US EditionPeru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked to corruption scandal
- Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru, was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison for corruption involving Odebrecht.
- Toledo was accused of accepting $35 million in bribes linked to highway construction.
- Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez described the sentence as 'historic,' emphasizing that it shows crimes and corruption are punished.
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Peru Ex-president Toledo Convicted of Bribe-Taking, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
LIMA—Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison on Monday. The verdict marks Peru’s first high-profile conviction related to Brazil’s continent-spanning Lava Jato corruption scandal. Toledo, a 78-year-old economist who holds a doctorate from Stanford University, governed the Andean nation between 2001 and 2006. He was con…
Peru's Ex-President Gets 20 Years in Corruption Scandal
Peru's former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America , where it paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others, the AP reports. Authorities...
Former Peruvian President Toledo gets 20 years in prison for corruption
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced Monday to over 20 years in jail for his involvement in the Odebrecht corruption scandal in which he was found to have received US$ 35 million in bribes for the construction by the Brazilian company of a road linking the two countries. The 78-year-old Toledo was deemed guilty of money laundering as well and disenfranchised for three years.
Peru's ex-president Toledo gets 20 years for corruption
A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting multi-million-dollar bribes from scandal-hit Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.The Superior Court accepted the prison term recommended by the prosecution, it announced at a hearing attended by the 78-year-old, who led the South American nation from 2001 to 2006.Toledo, a US-trained economist with a doctorate from Stanf…
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