Tag: Peru corruption

• Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sentenced to 15 years in jail

  

  Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his ex-wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated money laundering related to illicit funds used during the 2011 campaign. In both cases, their pretrial detention counts as time served. The couple denied all charges. Prosecutors had requested 20-year sentences.

• Sunday, August 13th 2023 - 19:47 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutor files new charges against Castillo

  

  Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office has filed new charges against former President Pedro Castillo Terrones for the alleged crimes of abuse of authority and passive bribery, among others, it was reported in Lima during the weekend.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  Peruvian generals arrested in corruption scandal involving Castillo

  

  Six Peruvian generals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption ring involving former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, the country's Attorney General's Office announced Monday.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 18:31 UTC

  Peru: President's Secretary resigns amid corruption scandal

  

  Peru's Presidential Secretary Bruno Pacheco has turned in his resignation claiming his decision was motivated “to avoid a smear campaign” against the head of state.

• 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.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 13:19 UTC

  Former ex-president Garcia shoots himself when police tried to arrest him

  

  Peru’s former president Alan Garcia shot himself early on Wednesday after police arrived at his home in the capital Lima to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation, a police source said.

• 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.

• Friday, July 20th 2018 - 10:47 UTC

  Peru shocked at the extent of corruption in the Judicial branch; head Justice resigns

  

  The head of Peru's judicial branch resigned on Thursday in the wake of a mounting corruption scandal involving secret phone recordings capturing numerous judges making behind-the-scenes deals on everything from promotions to criminal sentences.

• Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 17:37 UTC

  Peruvians against corrupt judiciary - President Vizcarra announces reforms

  

  Thousands of Peruvians marched Wednesday evening in Lima to protest against corruption in the justice system, after recordings of unproper behaviour by judges and members of the Council of the Magistracy were aired.The demonstration began from Plaza San Martin and toured Lima's historic downtown on its way to the Main Courthouse building and back to Plaza San Martín.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Francis blasts corruption, calls for greater transparency in public entities, private sector, and... the Church

  

  Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for graft and human rights abuses.