US EditionEx-President Ollanta Humala Sentenced to 15 Years in Peru Corruption Case
- Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia received a 15-year sentence from a Peruvian court on Tuesday.
- The sentencing occurred due to laundering funds received from Odebrecht and Hugo Chávez.
- Humala's 2006 and 2011 campaigns were financed with the illegal funds, according to the court.
- Odebrecht confessed to paying millions in bribes across Latin America; García warned of "another Venezuela".
- Humala, age 62, and Heredia maintained their innocence throughout the trial, which began in 2022.
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Ollanta Humala was sentenced to 15 years in prison for money laundering. ...
Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has been found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Brazilian opposition criticized on Wednesday the granting of political asylum by the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Nadine Heredia, the wife of the former president of Peru Ollanta Humala, who was sentenced by the Justice of his country to fifteen years in prison for laundering assets from the Brazilian company Odebrecht.
He was President of the country from 2011 to 2016.
On April 16, 2025, El Venezolano.- Former President of Peru Ollanta Humala (2011 – 2016) was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for money laundering, having received unlawful contributions from former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the Brazilian company Odebrecht to finance their election campaigns in 2006 and 2011, and was immediately arrested by the Police to be transferred to prison. Humala’s wife, Nadine Heredia, was also found…
Peru's former president Ollanta Humala jailed for 15 years over money laundering - as his wife is granted asylum
The 62-year-old is the third former Peruvian president to be imprisoned for corruption in the past two decades - with a police base specially built to accommodate jailed leaders.
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