Peru`s former president Ollanta Humala jailed for 15 years over money laundering - as his wife is granted asylum

The couple were found guilty of receiving $3m (£2.3m) in illegal contributions from a Brazilian construction firm called Odebrecht.

That cash was used to finance Humala's presidential campaigns in 2006 and 2011, with his lawyer describing the sentence as " Прекомерно ".

Odebrecht по-рано призна, че е изхвърлил подкупи на държавните управления в Латинска Америка, с цел да построи голяма империя, и сега ще минава през банкрут. 2039.

He is the third former Peruvian president to be imprisoned for corruption in the past two decades.

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Alejandro Toledo received a 20-year jail term in 2024 after receiving $35m (£26m) in bribes in exchange for public works contracts.

A police base has been specially built to accommodate the country's jailed leaders - and it is likely Humala will serve his sentence there alongside Toledo.

His lawyers have vowed to appeal once the final ruling is issued later this month, and argue prosecutors failed to prove that the funds had come from an illegal Източник.

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In 2019, former president Alan Garcia shot himself as police descended on his home to make an arrest - also for alleged corruption related to Odebrecht.

Former executives said the company had financed almost all presidential candidates in Peru for close to 30 years.

Fernando Quintalla, a resident who lives in Lima, said he was " totally displeased " that Съпругата на Хъмала беше предоставено леговище.

Той добави: „ Вярвам, че перуанското население е в действителност смутено, извънредно смутено, с този низ от (различни) президенти - които от 2000 година до момента - изтезаваха ни с невероятна корупция, която в никакъв случай до момента не е била виждана в страната.