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Tag: 2011 Peru Elections

  • Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 19:01 UTC

    Leader Keiko Fujimori arrested for money laundering in Peru

    Keiko Fujimori was being investigated for allegedly receiving funds from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for the 2011 presidential campaign.

    A week after the justice annulled the pardon to her father, the former president Alberto Fujimori, after a request of the Peru's Attorney of Wash of Assets, the powerful leader of the Popular Force party, Keiko Fujimori, was arrested in Lima on Wednesday after going to a court to be questioned with her husband. The arrest occurred amid an investigation for alleged irregular handling of funds of the party's campaign for 2011 presidential elections.