Peru's ex-president leaves jail after 15-year jail term for corruption overturned
The court said the campaign contributions did not legally amount to money laundering when received and ordered his conviction and detention void.
- On Friday, Peru's Constitutional Court overturned the 15-year money-laundering conviction of President Ollanta Humala, securing the former leader's release from a special detention facility housing Peru's jailed ex-leaders.
- Humala, who led Peru from 2011 to 2016, was convicted last year for receiving illicit campaign contributions from Odebrecht and the Venezuelan government during his presidential campaigns.
- The Constitutional Court's July 15 ruling nullified the case, stating campaign contributions did not constitute money laundering at the time of the alleged acts, mirroring reasoning used to overturn proceedings against President Keiko Fujimori last year.
- Upon release, Humala told journalists, "I was taken hostage by the state and by the hitmen of the justice system," while his wife, Nadine Heredia, remains in Brazil under asylum granted by President Luiz Inacio Lula.
- Corruption investigations into Odebrecht's operations across Latin America have ensnared much of the Peruvian political establishment, with multiple former presidents facing similar scrutiny following Humala's release.
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Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala was released this Friday from a prison in Lima, after the justice system overturned his 15-year sentence for laundering assets for receiving money from the construction company Odebrecht, according to AFP journalists. The former military officer was detained since April 2025 for receiving, according to his conviction, $3 million from the Brazilian construction company for its 2011 campaign, in which he wa…
Former Peruvian president Ollanta Humala was released from a prison in Lima on Friday night after a court overturned his 15-year prison sentence for money laundering related to funds received from the construction group Odebrecht.
El Periódico
informacion.esFormer Peruvian President Ollanta Humala left the Barbadillo prison on Friday night after spending 15 months behind bars. The Third Criminal Court had sentenced him to 15 years in prison in April 2025 for laundering assets in the case of illegal contributions to the Peruvian Nationalist Party. His wife, Nadine Heredia, avoided serving the sentence with an asylum in Brazil. The pirouettes of justice are known in the Andean country and tend to acc…
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