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Peru prosecutors seek arrest of ex-president Toledo in graft inquiry
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Tue Feb 7, 2017 | 4:56pm EST
Peru prosecutors seek arrest of ex-president Toledo in graft inquiry
Prosecutors in Peru asked a judge to order the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on Tuesday for suspected involvement in a bribery scheme linked to scandal-plagued Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA.
Authorities searched a house owned by Toledo in Lima on Saturday after finding $11 million in the bank account of one of his associates. Prosecutors believe the money was part of $20 million in bribes that Odebrecht has acknowledged paying to officials during Toldeo's 2001-2006 government.
In their request on Tuesday, prosecutors asked Judge Richard Concepcion to jail Toledo for up to 18 months while they prepare criminal charges against him, the attorney general's office said on Twitter.
Concepcion is expected to hand down a decision this week.
Toledo rose to power denouncing the rampant corruption in the government of his predecessor Alberto Fujimori, an authoritarian leader who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for graft and human rights abuses.
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Peru prosecutors seek arrest of ex-president Toledo in graft inquiry
Prosecutors in Peru asked a judge to order the arrest of former President Alejandro Toledo on Tuesday for suspected involvement in a bribery scheme linked to scandal-plagued Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA.
Authorities searched a house owned by Toledo in Lima on Saturday after finding $11 million in the bank account of one of his associates. Prosecutors believe the money was part of $20 million in bribes that Odebrecht has acknowledged paying to officials during Toldeo's 2001-2006 government.
In their request on Tuesday, prosecutors asked Judge Richard Concepcion to jail Toledo for up to 18 months while they prepare criminal charges against him, the attorney general's office said on Twitter.
Concepcion is expected to hand down a decision this week.
Toledo rose to power denouncing the rampant corruption in the government of his predecessor Alberto Fujimori, an authoritarian leader who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for graft and human rights abuses.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-toledo-idUSKBN15M2I2