Net closes on Peru's fugitive ex-president
Source: Agence France-Presse
AFP | 2017-02-14 07:33:41.0
Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has urged US counterpart Donald Trump to consider extraditing fugitive former leader Alejandro Toledo, believed to be in the US, to face graft charges.
The net appeared to be closing on the former Peruvian president as Israel said it would refuse him entry. Toledo is accused of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
Toledo's French-born wife, Eliane Karp, has Israeli citizenship.
"President Kuczynski has asked Donald Trump to evaluate with the State Department the idea of sending Toledo back to Peru," where he is wanted on charges of taking $20-million in bribes while in office, state news agency Andina reported on Sunday.
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