Tag: Alejandro Toledo

Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:00 UTC
Toledo seeks release on health grounds, saying he does not want to die in prison

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, 81, has asked President Keiko Fujimori to expedite the presidential pardon he requested on humanitarian grounds, in an interview given on Sunday from Barbadillo prison to the program Sin Rodeos on Panamericana Televisión.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 10:32 UTC
Former Peruvian President Toledo gets 20 years in prison for corruption

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced Monday to over 20 years in jail for his involvement in the Odebrecht corruption scandal in which he was found to have received US$ 35 million in bribes for the construction by the Brazilian company of a road linking the two countries. The 78-year-old Toledo was deemed guilty of money laundering as well and disenfranchised for three years.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Toledo taken to Barbadillo prison in Lima

Alejandro Toledo is already sharing the Barbadillo Prison facilities with fellow former Peruvian Presidents Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo after his extradition from the United States was completed Sunday. He is to stand trial for allegedly receiving bribes worth US$ 35 million from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Former President Toledo due in Lima Sunday to stand trial

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo turned himself in to US authorities Friday and is to remain in custody pending his extradition to the South American country, which is scheduled for Sunday on a commercial flight to Lima, where he will be housed at the Barbadillo prison alongside his former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

US Federal Judge Thomas Hixson ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to surrender to marshalls in the Californian city of San Jose next Friday, April 21, at 9 am local time for his extradition to Lima to face corruption charges in another spinoff of the Odebrecht case in his country. In the meantime, Toledo will be housed in a jail in the Californian county of San Mateo.
Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo ordered

A US judge Wednesday ordered the arrest of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique, who is said to have received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for awarding works to the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The Court revoked Toledo's parole and ruled him taken into custody to proceed with his extradition to his country, where he faces charges of corruption.
Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Key witness in corruption case against former Peruvian president dies

While former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo is jailed in California pending his extradition to stand trial for his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal, one of the prosecution's main witnesses died this weekend in Israel.
Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:53 UTC
US Judge clears the way for extradition to Peru of former President Alejandro Toledo

A United States Judge Tuesday gave the green light for the extradition of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to his country, where he is under trial for alleged corruption, it was reported.
Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Former Peruvian Foreign Minister back in office

Peruvian former Foreign Minister Óscar Maúrtua has been appointed again for the job to replace Héctor Béjar, who resigned earlier this week after just 19 days in office.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:56 UTC
Following a US judge decision to keep a Peruvian ex president in jail, the former ex first lady is dragged out of the courtroom

A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.