Tag: Alejandro Toledo

• 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.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  US Marshals arrest former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

  

  Peru's fugitive President Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique has been arrested Tuesday in California following an extradition request filed a year ago by his country's authorities, it was reported by both US and Peruvian sources.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Ex Peruvian president Alan Garcia shoots himself in the head

  

  Former Peruvian President Alan García was reported to have died on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head minutes before a warrant for his arrest was to be executed. Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez, 69, was president of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He also served in Congress.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 06:57 UTC

  Ex Peruvian president spends a night in California jail for drunkenness

  

  Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who is facing extradition from the United States over corruption charges, was briefly jailed for public intoxication after getting drunk in a California restaurant, local police said on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Peruvian president admits working for Odebrecht, as financial advisor or irrigation project

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski acknowledged that he worked as a financial adviser for an irrigation project owned by the Brazilian builder Odebrecht, contradicting his previous denials of having any links to the company. Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America’s biggest graft scandal and has admitted to paying about US$ 30 million in bribes to secure contracts in Peru over a decade.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 21:31 UTC

  Peruvian construction companies accused of colluding with Brazil's Odebrecht

  

  Four former and current executives of Peruvian construction companies were detained pending trial, accused of colluding with Brazilian builder Odebrecht to bribe a former president.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 20:25 UTC

  Prosecutor is seeking jail for ex Peruvian president and wife charged with Odebrecht bribe

  

  A prosecutor in Peru is seeking up to 18 months in jail for former president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia to keep them from fleeing the country while money laundering charges are prepared against them, according to a request made public on Tuesday.