Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and 6 months in prison for the crimes of collusion and money laundering. It was determined that it favored the company Odebrecht after receiving a bribe of 35 million dollars.
Toledo was extradited to Peru from the United States in April 2023 and is currently being held in Barbadillo prison.
20 years and six months of effective imprisonment is ordered for the former president of the Republic Alejandro Toledo Manrique for real competition of crimes of collusion and money laundering, in a process referred to the South Interoceanic Highway case, sections 2 and 3,” indicated the Judiciary from Peru on social network X.
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo convicted
In the ruling, published by the Judiciary, it is indicated that the former president “associated with interested individuals, such as Odebrecht, so that, through a bribe of 35 million dollars, the Brazilian company was awarded the tender for the construction of sections 2 and 3 of the Interoceanic Highway, causing damage to the State.
It should be noted that Toledo is the second former Peruvian president convicted of corruption; The first was the recently deceased Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).
In the last hearing, held last Wednesday, Toledo said that he did not understand why he was involved in this case and asked that he be allowed to heal or die at home due to a “complicated health condition.”
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