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Yahoo News UK
April 28, 2018
The other three also implicated in the scandal are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), Alan Garcia (2006-2011), and Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), who is currently in the United States fighting off Peruvian efforts to have him extradited. Also under investigation for receiving illegal Odebrecht money: topÃâà...
ABC News
April 27, 2018
Former President Alejandro Toledo is also wanted by Peruvian prosecutors for allegedly taking $20 million in bribes from the Brazilian company in exchange for a highway contract. Toledo claims he is innocent and is currently at large in the United States, where he has argued that the investigations of himÃâà...
CGTN America (blog)
April 15, 2018
Ollanta Humala is awaiting trial while Alejandro Toledo is a fugitive fighting extradition on corruption charges. Americas Now anchor Elaine Reyes talked to former Global Chair of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz, at the Summit of the Americas in Peru. They discussed what more needs to be done toÃâà...
LatinFinance
April 3, 2018
Kuczynski, commonly known as PPK, stepped down after the main opposition party released recordings that implicated his administration in a vote-buying scheme. PPK is Peru's third president to face corruption charges. PPK's predecessor, Ollanta Humala, is awaiting trial in jail, while Alejandro Toledo,Ãâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 25, 2018
A Peruvian judge on Saturday barred former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the country for 18 months. The ruling by Judge Juan Carlos Sanchez came while police were raiding two of Kuczynski's homes, looking for evidence that could tie him to a massive corruption scheme. Kuczynski, 79Ãâà...
Peru Reports
February 20, 2018
A Peruvian judge has requested the permission of the United States to extradite the ex-president of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, back to his home country to face trial on corruption charges. Toledo has been accused of receiving bribes of up to $20 million from the Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht, andÃâà...
The Indian Express
November 24, 2017
Peru's attorney general's office said it was investigating former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly taking millions of dollars in bribes from the Brazilian company Camargo Correa in exchange for a highway construction contract. Toledo, who governed from 2001 to 2006, is already wanted in Peru forÃâà...
The Wire
December 31, 1999
Ironically, he too was suborned and destroyed by Odebrecht, as were his three immediate predecessors – Ollanta Humala, along with his wife; Alan Garcia and Alejandro Toledo. Humala, his wife, and several of Garcia's associates, are behind bars. Toledo, a fugitive in the US, has his bank accounts frozen.
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