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Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, who arrived in his country on Sunday, has been extradited from the United States on charges of corruption.and, by court order, will be
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, who arrived in his country on Sunday, has been extradited from the United States on charges of corruption.and, by court order, will be imprisoned in a police prison, where two more former heads of state are being held.
Toledo, who ruled from 2001 to 2006 arrived on a commercial flight to Jorge Chavez de Lima Airport in the Peruvian capital, accompanied by security agents. The 77-year-old former president turned himself in to US authorities on Friday. after more than six years in the extradition process.
Judge Margarita Salcedo, who is in charge of hearing the case, confirmed that Toledo will serve 18 months of preventive detention ordered against him and that he will be transferred to prison on Sunday.
Prosecutors have charged him with money laundering and conspiracy, which the former president denies.
Official images provided by the Peruvian Police They showed a former official, standing with his hands covered in black clothes, being led by one of the officers to the headquarters of the police aviation near the airport.
The former president is accused in Peru of allegedly receiving 3$5 million bribe from Brazilian company Odebrecht in exchange for winning the construction of the Interoceánica Sur highway, according to local prosecutors who requested a 20-year prison sentence for him.
A native of the Andes and a childhood shoe shiner, Toledo was detained in the United States in 2019 following a formal request from Peru for his extradition. A year earlier, he left the country and was declared a fugitive by the justice system. He was released on bail in 2020 and has been living in California ever since.
The head of the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE), Javier Llaque, said that if Toledo is placed in the Lima police base, where former presidents Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo are located, he will have the same prison status as them.
PBefore a judge ordered Toledo sent to prison, his lawyer, Roberto Su, told reporters that he was opposed to the measure due to the former president’s precarious health.
The Odebrecht corruption scandals have affected several governments in Latin America and have affected nearly every former Peruvian president in the last two decades.
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has announced a change of four ministers in her cabinet, not counting the key portfolios of the economy, energy and mining.
Among the appointments are Justice Minister José Tello. The surprise announcement came just hours after former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in the country to face corruption charges.
At the event, broadcast by the official TV channel, Boluarte swore in Justice Minister Daniel Morate Romero; worker, Antonio Varela; education, Magned Marques Ramirez and foreign trade, Juan Carlos Matthews.
The president came to power in December when then-manager Pedro Castillo was ousted after trying to dissolve Congress and reorganize the judiciary.
It has since faced protests that have resulted in more than 50 deaths. (Reuters).
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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